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Saturn retrograde 1927

Saturn retrograde 1927: 1 period, 141 days inside the year — 38.6% of 1927. Saturn turned retrograde at 12:49 AM UTC on March 18 at 7°40′ Sagittarius and turned direct at 6:59 PM UTC on August 5 at 1°01′ Sagittarius.

Turns retrograde
Mar 18 12:49 AM UTC
Turns direct
Aug 5 6:59 PM UTC
Retrograde in 1927
141 days 38.6% of the year
Sign
Sagittarius retreats 6.64°
Saturn Retrograde 1927 Dates: Mar 18 – Aug 5

Saturn’s path through 1927, day by day

Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1927
Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1927. Saturn starts 1927 at 2°14′ Sagittarius and ends it at 12°29′ Sagittarius — 10.3° of net progress: 16.9° forward, 6.6° given back. The loop retraces 6.64° in 141 days, from 7°40′ Sagittarius on Mar 18 back to 1°01′ Sagittarius on Aug 5. Fastest day: Nov 30, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: May 27, 0.074°. Counting the shadows, 324 days of 1927 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 11, 1926 – Mar 18, 1927Post-retrograde shadow: Aug 5, 1927 – Nov 11, 1927Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 23, 1927 – Mar 28, 1928Retrograde: Mar 18, 1927 – Aug 5, 19270° Sagittarius2° Sagittarius4° Sagittarius8° Sagittarius10° Sagittarius12° SagittariusStations retrograde Mar 18, 1927, 12:49 AM UTC, 7°40′ SagittariusR Mar 18Stations direct Aug 5, 1927, 6:59 PM UTC, 1°01′ SagittariusD Aug 5JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1927. Saturn starts 1927 at 2°14′ Sagittarius and ends it at 12°29′ Sagittarius — 10.3° of net progress: 16.9° forward, 6.6° given back. The loop retraces 6.64° in 141 days, from 7°40′ Sagittarius on Mar 18 back to 1°01′ Sagittarius on Aug 5. Fastest day: Nov 30, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: May 27, 0.074°. Counting the shadows, 324 days of 1927 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 11, 1926 – Mar 18, 1927Post-retrograde shadow: Aug 5, 1927 – Nov 11, 1927Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 23, 1927 – Mar 28, 1928Retrograde: Mar 18, 1927 – Aug 5, 19270° Sagittarius10° Sagittarius12° SagittariusStations retrograde Mar 18, 1927, 12:49 AM UTC, 7°40′ SagittariusR Mar 18Stations direct Aug 5, 1927, 6:59 PM UTC, 1°01′ SagittariusD Aug 5JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Saturn starts 1927 at 2°14′ Sagittarius and ends it at 12°29′ Sagittarius — 10.3° of net progress: 16.9° forward, 6.6° given back. The loop retraces 6.64° in 141 days, from 7°40′ Sagittarius on Mar 18 back to 1°01′ Sagittarius on Aug 5. Fastest day: Nov 30, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: May 27, 0.074°. Counting the shadows, 324 days of 1927 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Saturn retrograde 1927: exact times in your city

Saturn turned retrograde at 12:49 AM UTC on March 18, 1927 at 7°40′ Sagittarius — 8:06 PM on March 17 in Santiago, 7:49 PM on March 17 in New York, 12:49 AM in London and 9:49 AM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Fri, Mar 18 · 7°40′ Sagittarius Fri, Aug 5 · 1°01′ Sagittarius
Honolulu United States 2:19 PM Thu, Mar 17 · UTC−10:30 8:29 AM Fri, Aug 5 · UTC−10:30
Anchorage United States 2:49 PM Thu, Mar 17 · UTC−10 8:59 AM Fri, Aug 5 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 4:49 PM Thu, Mar 17 · UTC−8 10:59 AM Fri, Aug 5 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 5:49 PM Thu, Mar 17 · UTC−7 11:59 AM Fri, Aug 5 · UTC−7
Denver United States 5:49 PM Thu, Mar 17 · UTC−7 11:59 AM Fri, Aug 5 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 6:49 PM Thu, Mar 17 · UTC−6 1:59 PM Fri, Aug 5 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 5:49 PM Thu, Mar 17 · UTC−7 12:59 PM Fri, Aug 5 · UTC−6
New York United States 7:49 PM Thu, Mar 17 · UTC−5 2:59 PM Fri, Aug 5 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 7:49 PM Thu, Mar 17 · UTC−5 2:59 PM Fri, Aug 5 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 7:49 PM Thu, Mar 17 · UTC−5 1:59 PM Fri, Aug 5 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 7:49 PM Thu, Mar 17 · UTC−5 1:59 PM Fri, Aug 5 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 8:19 PM Thu, Mar 17 · UTC−4:30 2:29 PM Fri, Aug 5 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 8:06 PM Thu, Mar 17 · UTC−4:42 2:16 PM Fri, Aug 5 · UTC−4:42
Buenos Aires Argentina 8:49 PM Thu, Mar 17 · UTC−4 2:59 PM Fri, Aug 5 · UTC−4
São Paulo Brazil 9:49 PM Thu, Mar 17 · UTC−3 3:59 PM Fri, Aug 5 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 11:49 PM Thu, Mar 17 · UTC−1 5:59 PM Fri, Aug 5 · UTC−1
London United Kingdom 12:49 AM Fri, Mar 18 · UTC 7:59 PM Fri, Aug 5 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 1:49 AM Fri, Mar 18 · UTC+1 7:59 PM Fri, Aug 5 · UTC+1
Paris France 12:49 AM Fri, Mar 18 · UTC 7:59 PM Fri, Aug 5 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 1:49 AM Fri, Mar 18 · UTC+1 7:59 PM Fri, Aug 5 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 2:49 AM Fri, Mar 18 · UTC+2 8:59 PM Fri, Aug 5 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 2:49 AM Fri, Mar 18 · UTC+2 8:59 PM Fri, Aug 5 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 2:49 AM Fri, Mar 18 · UTC+2 8:59 PM Fri, Aug 5 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 2:49 AM Fri, Mar 18 · UTC+2 8:59 PM Fri, Aug 5 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 2:49 AM Fri, Mar 18 · UTC+2 8:59 PM Fri, Aug 5 · UTC+2
Nairobi Kenya 3:19 AM Fri, Mar 18 · UTC+2:30 9:29 PM Fri, Aug 5 · UTC+2:30
Tehran Iran 4:14 AM Fri, Mar 18 · UTC+3:25 10:24 PM Fri, Aug 5 · UTC+3:25
Dubai United Arab Emirates 4:49 AM Fri, Mar 18 · UTC+4 10:59 PM Fri, Aug 5 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 6:19 AM Fri, Mar 18 · UTC+5:30 12:29 AM Sat, Aug 6 · UTC+5:30
New Delhi India 6:19 AM Fri, Mar 18 · UTC+5:30 12:29 AM Sat, Aug 6 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 6:19 AM Fri, Mar 18 · UTC+5:30 12:29 AM Sat, Aug 6 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 6:42 AM Fri, Mar 18 · UTC+5:53 12:52 AM Sat, Aug 6 · UTC+5:53
Bangkok Thailand 7:49 AM Fri, Mar 18 · UTC+7 1:59 AM Sat, Aug 6 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 8:09 AM Fri, Mar 18 · UTC+7:20 2:19 AM Sat, Aug 6 · UTC+7:20
Singapore 7:49 AM Fri, Mar 18 · UTC+7 1:59 AM Sat, Aug 6 · UTC+7
Beijing China 8:49 AM Fri, Mar 18 · UTC+8 2:59 AM Sat, Aug 6 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 8:49 AM Fri, Mar 18 · UTC+8 2:59 AM Sat, Aug 6 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 8:49 AM Fri, Mar 18 · UTC+8 2:59 AM Sat, Aug 6 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 9:49 AM Fri, Mar 18 · UTC+9 3:59 AM Sat, Aug 6 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 9:49 AM Fri, Mar 18 · UTC+9 3:59 AM Sat, Aug 6 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 10:19 AM Fri, Mar 18 · UTC+9:30 4:29 AM Sat, Aug 6 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 10:49 AM Fri, Mar 18 · UTC+10 4:59 AM Sat, Aug 6 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 10:49 AM Fri, Mar 18 · UTC+10 4:59 AM Sat, Aug 6 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 12:19 PM Fri, Mar 18 · UTC+11:30 6:29 AM Sat, Aug 6 · 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.

141 days · retreats 6.64°

March 18 → August 5, 1927 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde Mar 18, 1927, 12:49 AM UTC at 7°40′ Sagittarius
Stations direct Aug 5, 1927, 6:59 PM UTC at 1°01′ Sagittarius
Shadow opens Dec 11, 1926, 4:36 PM UTC (96 days before)
Shadow closes Nov 11, 1927, 11:15 PM UTC (98 days after)
Full window including shadows 335 days

It begins in Pisces season and ends in Leo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Pisces — Mar 18 to Mar 27, 1927 (9 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Leo — Mar 18 to May 5, 1927 (49 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Cancer — Mar 18 to Mar 28, 1927 (11 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Leo — Jul 6 to Jul 30, 1927 (24 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aries — Jul 9 to Aug 5, 1927 (27 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Aries — Jul 24 to Aug 5, 1927 (12 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1927

Previous

1926 Ended July 24, 1926 after 140 days, moving back 6.66° through the zodiac.

Next

1928 Begins March 28, 1928 and runs 141 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 1927

Saturn through the zodiac in 1927

Every sign Saturn occupies during 1927, 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 Sagittarius From Jan 1 – Dec 31 and beyond

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

1927 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1927

Pluto in Cancer Oct 17, 1926 – Mar 28, 1927 · 162 days
Neptune in Leo Nov 29, 1926 – May 5, 1927 · 157 days
Mercury in Pisces Mar 4, 1927 – Mar 27, 1927 · 23 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 6, 1927 – Jul 30, 1927 · 24 days
Uranus in Aries Jul 9, 1927 – Dec 9, 1927 · 153 days
Jupiter in Aries Jul 24, 1927 – Nov 19, 1927 · 118 days
Venus in Virgo Aug 20, 1927 – Oct 2, 1927 · 43 days
Pluto in Cancer Oct 18, 1927 – Mar 28, 1928 · 162 days
Mercury in Scorpio Oct 30, 1927 – Nov 19, 1927 · 20 days
Neptune in Leo Dec 2, 1927 – May 7, 1928 · 157 days
← 1926 Saturn retrograde in 1926. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1928 → Saturn retrograde in 1928.

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AstroHot. “Saturn Retrograde 1927 Dates: Mar 18 – Aug 5.” Accessed November 1, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/saturn/1927/

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