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Saturn retrograde 1920

Saturn retrograde 1920: 1 period, 127 days inside the year — 34.7% of 1920. Saturn turned direct at 12:05 AM UTC on May 7 at 4°48′ Virgo.

Turns direct
May 7 12:05 AM UTC
Retrograde in 1920
127 days 34.7% of the year
Sign
Virgo retreats 6.87°
Saturn Retrograde 1920 Dates: Until May 7

Saturn’s path through 1920, day by day

Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1920
Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1920. Saturn starts 1920 at 10°29′ Virgo and ends it at 23°41′ Virgo — 13.2° of net progress: 20° forward, 6.8° given back. The loop retraces 6.87° in 136 days, from 11°40′ Virgo on Dec 23 back to 4°48′ Virgo on May 7 1920. Fastest day: Sep 9, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Feb 27, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 315 days of 1920 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: May 7, 1920 – Aug 12, 1920Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 1, 1920 – Jan 4, 1921Retrograde: Dec 23, 1919 – May 7, 19205° Virgo10° Virgo15° Virgo20° Virgo25° VirgoStations direct May 7, 1920, 12:05 AM UTC, 4°48′ VirgoD May 7JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1920. Saturn starts 1920 at 10°29′ Virgo and ends it at 23°41′ Virgo — 13.2° of net progress: 20° forward, 6.8° given back. The loop retraces 6.87° in 136 days, from 11°40′ Virgo on Dec 23 back to 4°48′ Virgo on May 7 1920. Fastest day: Sep 9, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Feb 27, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 315 days of 1920 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: May 7, 1920 – Aug 12, 1920Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 1, 1920 – Jan 4, 1921Retrograde: Dec 23, 1919 – May 7, 19205° Virgo10° Virgo15° Virgo20° Virgo25° VirgoStations direct May 7, 1920, 12:05 AM UTC, 4°48′ VirgoD May 7JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Saturn starts 1920 at 10°29′ Virgo and ends it at 23°41′ Virgo — 13.2° of net progress: 20° forward, 6.8° given back. The loop retraces 6.87° in 136 days, from 11°40′ Virgo on Dec 23 back to 4°48′ Virgo on May 7 1920. Fastest day: Sep 9, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Feb 27, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 315 days of 1920 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Saturn retrograde 1920: exact times in your city

Saturn turned direct at 12:05 AM UTC on May 7, 1920 at 4°48′ Virgo — 7:22 PM on May 6 in Santiago, 8:05 PM on May 6 in New York, 1:05 AM in London and 9:05 AM in Tokyo.

City Turns direct
UTC Fri, May 7 · 4°48′ Virgo
Honolulu United States 1:35 PM Thu, May 6 · UTC−10:30
Anchorage United States 2:05 PM Thu, May 6 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 4:05 PM Thu, May 6 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 5:05 PM Thu, May 6 · UTC−7
Denver United States 6:05 PM Thu, May 6 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 6:05 PM Thu, May 6 · UTC−6
Mexico City Mexico 5:28 PM Thu, May 6 · UTC−6:36
New York United States 8:05 PM Thu, May 6 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 8:05 PM Thu, May 6 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 7:05 PM Thu, May 6 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 7:05 PM Thu, May 6 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 7:35 PM Thu, May 6 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 7:22 PM Thu, May 6 · UTC−4:42
Buenos Aires Argentina 8:05 PM Thu, May 6 · UTC−4
São Paulo Brazil 9:05 PM Thu, May 6 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 11:05 PM Thu, May 6 · UTC−1
London United Kingdom 1:05 AM Fri, May 7 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 1:05 AM Fri, May 7 · UTC+1
Paris France 1:05 AM Fri, May 7 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 1:05 AM Fri, May 7 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 2:05 AM Fri, May 7 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 2:05 AM Fri, May 7 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 2:05 AM Fri, May 7 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 3:05 AM Fri, May 7 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 3:05 AM Fri, May 7 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 2:35 AM Fri, May 7 · UTC+2:30
Tehran Iran 3:30 AM Fri, May 7 · UTC+3:25
Dubai United Arab Emirates 4:05 AM Fri, May 7 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 5:35 AM Fri, May 7 · UTC+5:30
New Delhi India 5:35 AM Fri, May 7 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 5:35 AM Fri, May 7 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 5:58 AM Fri, May 7 · UTC+5:53
Bangkok Thailand 7:05 AM Fri, May 7 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 7:12 AM Fri, May 7 · UTC+7:07
Singapore 7:05 AM Fri, May 7 · UTC+7
Beijing China 8:05 AM Fri, May 7 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 8:05 AM Fri, May 7 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 8:05 AM Fri, May 7 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 9:05 AM Fri, May 7 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 9:05 AM Fri, May 7 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 9:35 AM Fri, May 7 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 10:05 AM Fri, May 7 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 10:05 AM Fri, May 7 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 11:35 AM Fri, May 7 · UTC+11:30

Stations from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris. Swiss Ephemeris agrees on every Saturn station 1900–2050: median under a minute, largest 1.2 minutes. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.

136 days · retreats 6.87° · crosses the year boundary

December 23, 1919 → May 7, 1920 in Virgo

Stations retrograde Dec 23, 1919, 8:08 AM UTC at 11°40′ Virgo
Stations direct May 7, 1920, 12:05 AM UTC at 4°48′ Virgo
Shadow opens Sep 19, 1919, 9:48 PM UTC (94 days before)
Shadow closes Aug 12, 1920, 12:42 AM UTC (97 days after)
Full window including shadows 327 days

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Taurus season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Leo — Dec 23 to Apr 4, 1920 (103 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Leo — Dec 23 to Apr 19, 1920 (118 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Cancer — Dec 23 to Mar 20, 1920 (88 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aries — Mar 10 to Apr 2, 1920 (23 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Scorpio — Mar 15 to May 7, 1920 (53 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1920

Previous

1919 Ended April 23, 1919 after 135 days, moving back 6.9° through the zodiac.

Next

1921 Begins January 4, 1921 and runs 136 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 1920

Saturn through the zodiac in 1920

Every sign Saturn occupies during 1920, 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.

Saturn in Virgo From Jan 1 – Dec 31 and beyond

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

1920 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1920

Pluto in Cancer Oct 9, 1919 – Mar 20, 1920 · 163 days
Neptune in Leo Nov 14, 1919 – Apr 19, 1920 · 157 days
Jupiter in Leo Dec 5, 1919 – Apr 4, 1920 · 121 days
Mercury in Aries Mar 10, 1920 – Apr 2, 1920 · 23 days
Mars in Scorpio Mar 15, 1920 – May 31, 1920 · 78 days
Uranus in Pisces Jun 10, 1920 – Nov 11, 1920 · 154 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 13, 1920 – Aug 6, 1920 · 24 days
Pluto in Cancer Oct 9, 1920 – Mar 21, 1921 · 163 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Nov 5, 1920 – Nov 25, 1920 · 20 days
Neptune in Leo Nov 16, 1920 – Apr 22, 1921 · 157 days
← 1919 Saturn retrograde in 1919. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1921 → Saturn retrograde in 1921.

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