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Saturn retrograde 1931

Saturn retrograde 1931: 1 period, 141 days inside the year — 38.7% of 1931. Saturn turned retrograde at 2:29 PM UTC on May 3 at 23°16′ Capricorn and turned direct at 7:54 PM UTC on September 21 at 16°38′ Capricorn.

Turns retrograde
May 3 2:29 PM UTC
Turns direct
Sep 21 7:54 PM UTC
Retrograde in 1931
141 days 38.7% of the year
Sign
Capricorn retreats 6.63°
Saturn Retrograde 1931 Dates: May 3 – Sep 21

Saturn’s path through 1931, day by day

Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1931
Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1931. Saturn starts 1931 at 12°44′ Capricorn and ends it at 22°48′ Capricorn — 10.1° of net progress: 16.7° forward, 6.6° given back. The loop retraces 6.63° in 141 days, from 23°16′ Capricorn on May 3 back to 16°38′ Capricorn on Sep 21. Fastest day: Jan 6, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Jul 13, 0.074°. Counting the shadows, 336 days of 1931 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Jan 26, 1931 – May 3, 1931Post-retrograde shadow: Sep 21, 1931 – Dec 27, 1931Retrograde: May 3, 1931 – Sep 21, 193112° Capricorn14° Capricorn16° Capricorn18° Capricorn20° Capricorn22° Capricorn24° CapricornStations retrograde May 3, 1931, 2:29 PM UTC, 23°16′ CapricornR May 3Stations direct Sep 21, 1931, 7:54 PM UTC, 16°38′ CapricornD Sep 21JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1931. Saturn starts 1931 at 12°44′ Capricorn and ends it at 22°48′ Capricorn — 10.1° of net progress: 16.7° forward, 6.6° given back. The loop retraces 6.63° in 141 days, from 23°16′ Capricorn on May 3 back to 16°38′ Capricorn on Sep 21. Fastest day: Jan 6, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Jul 13, 0.074°. Counting the shadows, 336 days of 1931 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Jan 26, 1931 – May 3, 1931Post-retrograde shadow: Sep 21, 1931 – Dec 27, 1931Retrograde: May 3, 1931 – Sep 21, 193112° Capricorn14° Capricorn24° CapricornStations retrograde May 3, 1931, 2:29 PM UTC, 23°16′ CapricornR May 3Stations direct Sep 21, 1931, 7:54 PM UTC, 16°38′ CapricornD Sep 21JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Saturn starts 1931 at 12°44′ Capricorn and ends it at 22°48′ Capricorn — 10.1° of net progress: 16.7° forward, 6.6° given back. The loop retraces 6.63° in 141 days, from 23°16′ Capricorn on May 3 back to 16°38′ Capricorn on Sep 21. Fastest day: Jan 6, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Jul 13, 0.074°. Counting the shadows, 336 days of 1931 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Saturn retrograde 1931: exact times in your city

Saturn turned retrograde at 2:29 PM UTC on May 3, 1931 at 23°16′ Capricorn — 9:29 AM in Santiago, 10:29 AM in New York, 3:29 PM in London and 11:29 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Sun, May 3 · 23°16′ Capricorn Mon, Sep 21 · 16°38′ Capricorn
Honolulu United States 3:59 AM Sun, May 3 · UTC−10:30 9:24 AM Mon, Sep 21 · UTC−10:30
Anchorage United States 4:29 AM Sun, May 3 · UTC−10 9:54 AM Mon, Sep 21 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 6:29 AM Sun, May 3 · UTC−8 11:54 AM Mon, Sep 21 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 7:29 AM Sun, May 3 · UTC−7 12:54 PM Mon, Sep 21 · UTC−7
Denver United States 7:29 AM Sun, May 3 · UTC−7 12:54 PM Mon, Sep 21 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 9:29 AM Sun, May 3 · UTC−5 2:54 PM Mon, Sep 21 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 8:29 AM Sun, May 3 · UTC−6 1:54 PM Mon, Sep 21 · UTC−6
New York United States 10:29 AM Sun, May 3 · UTC−4 3:54 PM Mon, Sep 21 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 10:29 AM Sun, May 3 · UTC−4 3:54 PM Mon, Sep 21 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 9:29 AM Sun, May 3 · UTC−5 2:54 PM Mon, Sep 21 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 9:29 AM Sun, May 3 · UTC−5 2:54 PM Mon, Sep 21 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 9:59 AM Sun, May 3 · UTC−4:30 3:24 PM Mon, Sep 21 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 9:29 AM Sun, May 3 · UTC−5 3:54 PM Mon, Sep 21 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 10:29 AM Sun, May 3 · UTC−4 3:54 PM Mon, Sep 21 · UTC−4
São Paulo Brazil 11:29 AM Sun, May 3 · UTC−3 4:54 PM Mon, Sep 21 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 1:29 PM Sun, May 3 · UTC−1 6:54 PM Mon, Sep 21 · UTC−1
London United Kingdom 3:29 PM Sun, May 3 · UTC+1 8:54 PM Mon, Sep 21 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 3:29 PM Sun, May 3 · UTC+1 8:54 PM Mon, Sep 21 · UTC+1
Paris France 3:29 PM Sun, May 3 · UTC+1 8:54 PM Mon, Sep 21 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 3:29 PM Sun, May 3 · UTC+1 8:54 PM Mon, Sep 21 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 4:29 PM Sun, May 3 · UTC+2 9:54 PM Mon, Sep 21 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 4:29 PM Sun, May 3 · UTC+2 9:54 PM Mon, Sep 21 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 4:29 PM Sun, May 3 · UTC+2 9:54 PM Mon, Sep 21 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 4:29 PM Sun, May 3 · UTC+2 9:54 PM Mon, Sep 21 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 5:29 PM Sun, May 3 · UTC+3 10:54 PM Mon, Sep 21 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 4:59 PM Sun, May 3 · UTC+2:30 10:24 PM Mon, Sep 21 · UTC+2:30
Tehran Iran 5:54 PM Sun, May 3 · UTC+3:25 11:19 PM Mon, Sep 21 · UTC+3:25
Dubai United Arab Emirates 6:29 PM Sun, May 3 · UTC+4 11:54 PM Mon, Sep 21 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 7:59 PM Sun, May 3 · UTC+5:30 1:24 AM Tue, Sep 22 · UTC+5:30
New Delhi India 7:59 PM Sun, May 3 · UTC+5:30 1:24 AM Tue, Sep 22 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 7:59 PM Sun, May 3 · UTC+5:30 1:24 AM Tue, Sep 22 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 8:22 PM Sun, May 3 · UTC+5:53 1:47 AM Tue, Sep 22 · UTC+5:53
Bangkok Thailand 9:29 PM Sun, May 3 · UTC+7 2:54 AM Tue, Sep 22 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 9:49 PM Sun, May 3 · UTC+7:20 3:14 AM Tue, Sep 22 · UTC+7:20
Singapore 9:29 PM Sun, May 3 · UTC+7 2:54 AM Tue, Sep 22 · UTC+7
Beijing China 10:29 PM Sun, May 3 · UTC+8 3:54 AM Tue, Sep 22 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 10:29 PM Sun, May 3 · UTC+8 3:54 AM Tue, Sep 22 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 10:29 PM Sun, May 3 · UTC+8 3:54 AM Tue, Sep 22 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 11:29 PM Sun, May 3 · UTC+9 4:54 AM Tue, Sep 22 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 11:29 PM Sun, May 3 · UTC+9 4:54 AM Tue, Sep 22 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 11:59 PM Sun, May 3 · UTC+9:30 5:24 AM Tue, Sep 22 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 12:29 AM Mon, May 4 · UTC+10 5:54 AM Tue, Sep 22 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 12:29 AM Mon, May 4 · UTC+10 5:54 AM Tue, Sep 22 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 1:59 AM Mon, May 4 · UTC+11:30 7:24 AM Tue, Sep 22 · 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 6.63°

May 3 → September 21, 1931 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde May 3, 1931, 2:29 PM UTC at 23°16′ Capricorn
Stations direct Sep 21, 1931, 7:54 PM UTC at 16°38′ Capricorn
Shadow opens Jan 26, 1931, 12:59 AM UTC (98 days before)
Shadow closes Dec 27, 1931, 9:04 PM UTC (97 days after)
Full window including shadows 336 days

It begins in Taurus season and ends in Virgo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Taurus — May 3 to May 13, 1931 (10 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Virgo — May 3 to May 15, 1931 (11 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aries — Jul 26 to Sep 21, 1931 (58 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Virgo — Aug 22 to Sep 14, 1931 (23 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1931

Previous

1930 Ended September 9, 1930 after 141 days, moving back 6.63° through the zodiac.

Next

1932 Begins May 14, 1932 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 1931

Saturn through the zodiac in 1931

Every sign Saturn occupies during 1931, 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 Capricorn From Jan 1 – Dec 31 and beyond

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

1931 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1931

Pluto in Cancer Oct 22, 1930 – Apr 2, 1931 · 162 days
Jupiter in Cancer Nov 8, 1930 – Mar 7, 1931 · 119 days
Neptune in Virgo Dec 8, 1930 – May 15, 1931 · 157 days
Mars in Leo Dec 18, 1930 – Mar 8, 1931 · 80 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 27, 1930 – Jan 17, 1931 · 20 days
Mercury in Taurus Apr 19, 1931 – May 13, 1931 · 24 days
Uranus in Aries Jul 26, 1931 – Dec 25, 1931 · 153 days
Mercury in Virgo Aug 22, 1931 – Sep 14, 1931 · 23 days
Pluto in Cancer Oct 24, 1931 – Apr 2, 1932 · 162 days
Jupiter in Leo Dec 9, 1931 – Apr 8, 1932 · 121 days
Neptune in Virgo Dec 11, 1931 – May 16, 1932 · 157 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 11, 1931 – Dec 31, 1931 · 20 days
← 1930 Saturn retrograde in 1930. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1932 → Saturn retrograde in 1932.

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