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Pluto retrograde 2000

Pluto retrograde 2000: 1 period, 158 days inside the year — 43.3% of 2000. Pluto turned retrograde at 11:51 AM UTC on March 15 at 12°53′ Sagittarius and turned direct at 10:43 PM UTC on August 20 at 10°08′ Sagittarius.

Turns retrograde
Mar 15 11:51 AM UTC
Turns direct
Aug 20 10:43 PM UTC
Retrograde in 2000
158 days 43.3% of the year
Sign
Sagittarius retreats 2.75°
Pluto Retrograde 2000 Dates: Mar 15 – Aug 20

Pluto’s path through 2000, day by day

Apparent position of Pluto against the zodiac, 2000
Apparent position of Pluto against the zodiac, 2000. Pluto starts 2000 at 11°26′ Sagittarius and ends it at 13°46′ Sagittarius — 2.3° of net progress: 5.1° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.75° in 158 days, from 12°54′ Sagittarius on Mar 15 back to 10°09′ Sagittarius on Aug 20. Fastest day: Jan 4, 0.04° forward; fastest backward: May 1, 0.03°. Counting the shadows, 366 days of 2000 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 28, 1999 – Mar 15, 2000Post-retrograde shadow: Aug 20, 2000 – Dec 8, 2000Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 29, 2000 – Mar 18, 2001Retrograde: Mar 15, 2000 – Aug 20, 200010° Sagittarius11° Sagittarius13° Sagittarius14° SagittariusStations retrograde Mar 15, 2000, 11:51 AM UTC, 12°53′ SagittariusR Mar 15Stations direct Aug 20, 2000, 10:43 PM UTC, 10°08′ SagittariusD Aug 20JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com Apparent position of Pluto against the zodiac, 2000. Pluto starts 2000 at 11°26′ Sagittarius and ends it at 13°46′ Sagittarius — 2.3° of net progress: 5.1° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.75° in 158 days, from 12°54′ Sagittarius on Mar 15 back to 10°09′ Sagittarius on Aug 20. Fastest day: Jan 4, 0.04° forward; fastest backward: May 1, 0.03°. Counting the shadows, 366 days of 2000 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 28, 1999 – Mar 15, 2000Post-retrograde shadow: Aug 20, 2000 – Dec 8, 2000Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 29, 2000 – Mar 18, 2001Retrograde: Mar 15, 2000 – Aug 20, 200010° Sagittarius11° Sagittarius14° SagittariusStations retrograde Mar 15, 2000, 11:51 AM UTC, 12°53′ SagittariusR Mar 15Stations direct Aug 20, 2000, 10:43 PM UTC, 10°08′ SagittariusD Aug 20JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Pluto starts 2000 at 11°26′ Sagittarius and ends it at 13°46′ Sagittarius — 2.3° of net progress: 5.1° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.75° in 158 days, from 12°54′ Sagittarius on Mar 15 back to 10°09′ Sagittarius on Aug 20. Fastest day: Jan 4, 0.04° forward; fastest backward: May 1, 0.03°. Counting the shadows, 366 days of 2000 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Pluto retrograde 2000: exact times in your city

Pluto turned retrograde at 11:51 AM UTC on March 15, 2000 at 12°53′ Sagittarius — 7:51 AM in Santiago, 6:51 AM in New York, 11:51 AM in London and 8:51 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Wed, Mar 15 · 12°53′ Sagittarius Sun, Aug 20 · 10°08′ Sagittarius
Honolulu United States 1:51 AM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC−10 12:43 PM Sun, Aug 20 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 2:51 AM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC−9 2:43 PM Sun, Aug 20 · UTC−8
Los Angeles United States 3:51 AM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC−8 3:43 PM Sun, Aug 20 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 4:51 AM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC−7 3:43 PM Sun, Aug 20 · UTC−7
Denver United States 4:51 AM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC−7 4:43 PM Sun, Aug 20 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 5:51 AM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC−6 5:43 PM Sun, Aug 20 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 5:51 AM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC−6 5:43 PM Sun, Aug 20 · UTC−5
New York United States 6:51 AM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC−5 6:43 PM Sun, Aug 20 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 6:51 AM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC−5 6:43 PM Sun, Aug 20 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 6:51 AM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC−5 5:43 PM Sun, Aug 20 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 6:51 AM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC−5 5:43 PM Sun, Aug 20 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 7:51 AM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC−4 6:43 PM Sun, Aug 20 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 7:51 AM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC−4 6:43 PM Sun, Aug 20 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 8:51 AM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC−3 7:43 PM Sun, Aug 20 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 8:51 AM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC−3 7:43 PM Sun, Aug 20 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 11:51 AM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC 10:43 PM Sun, Aug 20 · UTC
London United Kingdom 11:51 AM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC 11:43 PM Sun, Aug 20 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 12:51 PM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC+1 11:43 PM Sun, Aug 20 · UTC+1
Paris France 12:51 PM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC+1 12:43 AM Mon, Aug 21 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 12:51 PM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC+1 12:43 AM Mon, Aug 21 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 1:51 PM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC+2 12:43 AM Mon, Aug 21 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 1:51 PM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC+2 1:43 AM Mon, Aug 21 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 1:51 PM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC+2 1:43 AM Mon, Aug 21 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 1:51 PM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC+2 1:43 AM Mon, Aug 21 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 2:51 PM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC+3 2:43 AM Mon, Aug 21 · UTC+4
Nairobi Kenya 2:51 PM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC+3 1:43 AM Mon, Aug 21 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 3:21 PM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC+3:30 3:13 AM Mon, Aug 21 · UTC+4:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 3:51 PM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC+4 2:43 AM Mon, Aug 21 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 4:51 PM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC+5 3:43 AM Mon, Aug 21 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 5:21 PM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC+5:30 4:13 AM Mon, Aug 21 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 5:36 PM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC+5:45 4:28 AM Mon, Aug 21 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 5:51 PM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC+6 4:43 AM Mon, Aug 21 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 6:51 PM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC+7 5:43 AM Mon, Aug 21 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 6:51 PM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC+7 5:43 AM Mon, Aug 21 · UTC+7
Singapore 7:51 PM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC+8 6:43 AM Mon, Aug 21 · UTC+8
Beijing China 7:51 PM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC+8 6:43 AM Mon, Aug 21 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 7:51 PM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC+8 6:43 AM Mon, Aug 21 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 7:51 PM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC+8 6:43 AM Mon, Aug 21 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 8:51 PM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC+9 7:43 AM Mon, Aug 21 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 8:51 PM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC+9 7:43 AM Mon, Aug 21 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 10:21 PM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC+10:30 8:13 AM Mon, Aug 21 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 9:51 PM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC+10 8:43 AM Mon, Aug 21 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 10:51 PM Wed, Mar 15 · UTC+11 8:43 AM Mon, Aug 21 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 12:51 AM Thu, Mar 16 · UTC+13 10:43 AM Mon, Aug 21 · UTC+12

Stations from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris. Swiss Ephemeris agrees on every Pluto station 1900–2050: median 1.1 minutes, largest 16.1 minutes. Near a station Pluto barely moves, so almanacs differ by minutes. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.

158 days · retreats 2.75°

March 15 → August 20, 2000 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde Mar 15, 2000, 11:51 AM UTC at 12°53′ Sagittarius
Stations direct Aug 20, 2000, 10:43 PM UTC at 10°08′ Sagittarius
Shadow opens Nov 28, 1999, 2:46 AM UTC (108 days before)
Shadow closes Dec 8, 2000, 9:12 PM UTC (110 days after)
Full window including shadows 377 days

It begins in Pisces season and ends in Leo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Neptune in Aquarius — May 8 to Aug 20, 2000 (104 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aquarius — May 25 to Aug 20, 2000 (88 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Cancer — Jun 23 to Jul 17, 2000 (24 days of overlap)

For the sign itself, see Sagittarius and its daily horoscope.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Pluto retrogrades either side of 2000

Previous

1999 Ended August 19, 1999 after 158 days, moving back 2.76° through the zodiac.

Next

2001 Begins March 18, 2001 and runs 159 days.

Both dates are computed from the planet’s apparent motion, not taken from a table. A retrograde begins the moment its daily movement against the stars turns negative, and that moment is findable to the hour.

Computed for 2000

Pluto through the zodiac in 2000

Every sign Pluto occupies during 2000, with the dates it enters and leaves. A sign that appears twice means the planet backed into the previous sign during a retrograde and crossed again.

Pluto in Sagittarius From Jan 1 – Dec 31 and beyond

The whole year is spent in one sign — a sign of how slowly Pluto moves.

2000 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2000

Saturn in Taurus Aug 30, 1999 – Jan 12, 2000 · 135 days
Mercury in Pisces Feb 21, 2000 – Mar 14, 2000 · 22 days
Neptune in Aquarius May 8, 2000 – Oct 15, 2000 · 160 days
Uranus in Aquarius May 25, 2000 – Oct 26, 2000 · 154 days
Mercury in Cancer Jun 23, 2000 – Jul 17, 2000 · 24 days
Saturn in Gemini Sep 12, 2000 – Jan 25, 2001 · 135 days
Jupiter in Gemini Sep 29, 2000 – Jan 25, 2001 · 118 days
Mercury in Scorpio Oct 18, 2000 – Nov 8, 2000 · 21 days
← 1999 Pluto retrograde in 1999. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2001 → Pluto retrograde in 2001.

Cite this page

AstroHot. “Pluto Retrograde 2000 Dates: Mar 15 – Aug 20.” Accessed October 31, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/pluto/2000/

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