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Saturn retrograde 1950

Saturn retrograde 1950: 1 period, 134 days inside the year — 36.8% of 1950. Saturn turned direct at 9:23 AM UTC on May 15 at 12°34′ Virgo.

Turns direct
May 15 9:23 AM UTC
Retrograde in 1950
134 days 36.8% of the year
Sign
Virgo retreats 6.86°
Saturn Retrograde 1950 Dates: Until May 15

Saturn’s path through 1950, day by day

Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1950
Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1950. Saturn starts 1950 at 18°44′ Virgo and ends it at 1°34′ Libra — 12.8° of net progress: 19.7° forward, 6.9° given back. The loop retraces 6.86° in 136 days, from 19°26′ Virgo on Dec 30 back to 12°34′ Virgo on May 15 1950. Fastest day: Sep 17, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Mar 6, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 315 days of 1950 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: May 15, 1950 – Aug 20, 1950Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 9, 1950 – Jan 12, 1951Retrograde: Dec 30, 1949 – May 15, 195010° Virgo15° Virgo20° Virgo25° Virgo0° LibraStations direct May 15, 1950, 9:23 AM UTC, 12°34′ VirgoD May 15JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1950. Saturn starts 1950 at 18°44′ Virgo and ends it at 1°34′ Libra — 12.8° of net progress: 19.7° forward, 6.9° given back. The loop retraces 6.86° in 136 days, from 19°26′ Virgo on Dec 30 back to 12°34′ Virgo on May 15 1950. Fastest day: Sep 17, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Mar 6, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 315 days of 1950 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: May 15, 1950 – Aug 20, 1950Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 9, 1950 – Jan 12, 1951Retrograde: Dec 30, 1949 – May 15, 195010° Virgo15° Virgo20° Virgo25° Virgo0° LibraStations direct May 15, 1950, 9:23 AM UTC, 12°34′ VirgoD May 15JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Saturn starts 1950 at 18°44′ Virgo and ends it at 1°34′ Libra — 12.8° of net progress: 19.7° forward, 6.9° given back. The loop retraces 6.86° in 136 days, from 19°26′ Virgo on Dec 30 back to 12°34′ Virgo on May 15 1950. Fastest day: Sep 17, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Mar 6, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 315 days of 1950 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Saturn retrograde 1950: exact times in your city

Saturn turned direct at 9:23 AM UTC on May 15, 1950 at 12°34′ Virgo — 5:23 AM in Santiago, 5:23 AM in New York, 10:23 AM in London and 7:23 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns direct
UTC Mon, May 15 · 12°34′ Virgo
Honolulu United States 11:23 PM Sun, May 14 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 11:23 PM Sun, May 14 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 2:23 AM Mon, May 15 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 2:23 AM Mon, May 15 · UTC−7
Denver United States 2:23 AM Mon, May 15 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 4:23 AM Mon, May 15 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 4:23 AM Mon, May 15 · UTC−5
New York United States 5:23 AM Mon, May 15 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 5:23 AM Mon, May 15 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 4:23 AM Mon, May 15 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 4:23 AM Mon, May 15 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 4:53 AM Mon, May 15 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 5:23 AM Mon, May 15 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 6:23 AM Mon, May 15 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 6:23 AM Mon, May 15 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 9:23 AM Mon, May 15 · UTC
London United Kingdom 10:23 AM Mon, May 15 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 10:23 AM Mon, May 15 · UTC+1
Paris France 10:23 AM Mon, May 15 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 10:23 AM Mon, May 15 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 11:23 AM Mon, May 15 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 11:23 AM Mon, May 15 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 11:23 AM Mon, May 15 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 12:23 PM Mon, May 15 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 12:23 PM Mon, May 15 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 12:23 PM Mon, May 15 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 12:53 PM Mon, May 15 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 1:23 PM Mon, May 15 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 2:53 PM Mon, May 15 · UTC+5:30
New Delhi India 2:53 PM Mon, May 15 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 2:53 PM Mon, May 15 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 3:53 PM Mon, May 15 · UTC+6:30
Bangkok Thailand 4:23 PM Mon, May 15 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 4:53 PM Mon, May 15 · UTC+7:30
Singapore 4:53 PM Mon, May 15 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 5:23 PM Mon, May 15 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 5:23 PM Mon, May 15 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 5:23 PM Mon, May 15 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 7:23 PM Mon, May 15 · UTC+10
Tokyo Japan 7:23 PM Mon, May 15 · UTC+10
Adelaide Australia 6:53 PM Mon, May 15 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 7:23 PM Mon, May 15 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 7:23 PM Mon, May 15 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 9:23 PM Mon, May 15 · UTC+12

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 6.86° · crosses the year boundary

December 30, 1949 → May 15, 1950 in Virgo

Stations retrograde Dec 30, 1949, 4:05 AM UTC at 19°26′ Virgo
Stations direct May 15, 1950, 9:23 AM UTC at 12°34′ Virgo
Shadow opens Sep 26, 1949, 1:49 PM UTC (95 days before)
Shadow closes Aug 20, 1950, 5:44 PM UTC (97 days after)
Full window including shadows 328 days

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Taurus season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Cancer — Dec 30 to Mar 9, 1950 (70 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Leo — Dec 30 to Apr 28, 1950 (119 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aquarius — Jan 8 to Jan 29, 1950 (21 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Aquarius — Jan 10 to Feb 20, 1950 (41 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Libra — Jan 18 to May 15, 1950 (117 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Libra — Feb 12 to May 3, 1950 (80 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Taurus — May 3 to May 15, 1950 (12 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 1950

Previous

1949 Ended May 1, 1949 after 135 days, moving back 6.89° through the zodiac.

Next

1951 Begins January 12, 1951 and runs 137 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 1950

Saturn through the zodiac in 1950

Every sign Saturn occupies during 1950, 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 – Nov 20
Saturn in Libra Nov 20 – Dec 31 and beyond

2 segments in 1950. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1950 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1950

Uranus in Cancer Oct 11, 1949 – Mar 9, 1950 · 150 days
Pluto in Leo Nov 19, 1949 – Apr 28, 1950 · 160 days
Mercury in Aquarius Jan 8, 1950 – Jan 29, 1950 · 21 days
Venus in Aquarius Jan 10, 1950 – Feb 20, 1950 · 41 days
Neptune in Libra Jan 18, 1950 – Jun 26, 1950 · 159 days
Mars in Libra Feb 12, 1950 – May 3, 1950 · 80 days
Mercury in Taurus May 3, 1950 – May 27, 1950 · 24 days
Jupiter in Pisces Jun 27, 1950 – Oct 24, 1950 · 119 days
Mercury in Libra Sep 4, 1950 – Sep 26, 1950 · 22 days
Uranus in Cancer Oct 16, 1950 – Mar 14, 1951 · 149 days
Pluto in Leo Nov 21, 1950 – Apr 30, 1951 · 160 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 23, 1950 – Jan 12, 1951 · 20 days
← 1949 Saturn retrograde in 1949. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1951 → Saturn retrograde in 1951.

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