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Saturn retrograde 1951

Saturn retrograde 1951: 1 period, 137 days inside the year — 37.6% of 1951. Saturn turned retrograde at 1:18 AM UTC on January 12 at 2°21′ Libra and turned direct at 3:37 AM UTC on May 29 at 25°32′ Virgo.

Turns retrograde
Jan 12 1:18 AM UTC
Turns direct
May 29 3:37 AM UTC
Retrograde in 1951
137 days 37.6% of the year
Sign
Libra retreats 6.82°
Saturn Retrograde 1951 Dates: Jan 12 – May 29

Saturn’s path through 1951, day by day

Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1951
Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1951. Saturn starts 1951 at 1°34′ Libra and ends it at 13°48′ Libra — 12.2° of net progress: 19.1° forward, 6.8° given back. The loop retraces 6.82° in 137 days, from 2°21′ Libra on Jan 12 back to 25°32′ Virgo on May 29. Fastest day: Sep 28, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Mar 20, 0.079°. Counting the shadows, 317 days of 1951 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 9, 1950 – Jan 12, 1951Post-retrograde shadow: May 29, 1951 – Sep 3, 1951Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 21, 1951 – Jan 24, 1952Retrograde: Jan 12, 1951 – May 29, 195125° Virgo0° Libra5° Libra10° Libra15° LibraStations retrograde Jan 12, 1951, 1:18 AM UTC, 2°21′ LibraR Jan 12Stations direct May 29, 1951, 3:37 AM UTC, 25°32′ VirgoD May 29JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1951. Saturn starts 1951 at 1°34′ Libra and ends it at 13°48′ Libra — 12.2° of net progress: 19.1° forward, 6.8° given back. The loop retraces 6.82° in 137 days, from 2°21′ Libra on Jan 12 back to 25°32′ Virgo on May 29. Fastest day: Sep 28, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Mar 20, 0.079°. Counting the shadows, 317 days of 1951 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 9, 1950 – Jan 12, 1951Post-retrograde shadow: May 29, 1951 – Sep 3, 1951Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 21, 1951 – Jan 24, 1952Retrograde: Jan 12, 1951 – May 29, 195125° Virgo0° Libra5° Libra10° Libra15° LibraStations retrograde Jan 12, 1951, 1:18 AM UTC, 2°21′ LibraR Jan 12Stations direct May 29, 1951, 3:37 AM UTC, 25°32′ VirgoD May 29JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Saturn starts 1951 at 1°34′ Libra and ends it at 13°48′ Libra — 12.2° of net progress: 19.1° forward, 6.8° given back. The loop retraces 6.82° in 137 days, from 2°21′ Libra on Jan 12 back to 25°32′ Virgo on May 29. Fastest day: Sep 28, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Mar 20, 0.079°. Counting the shadows, 317 days of 1951 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Saturn retrograde 1951: exact times in your city

Saturn turned retrograde at 1:18 AM UTC on January 12, 1951 at 2°21′ Libra — 9:18 PM on January 11 in Santiago, 8:18 PM on January 11 in New York, 1:18 AM in London and 10:18 AM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Fri, Jan 12 · 2°21′ Libra Tue, May 29 · 25°32′ Virgo
Honolulu United States 3:18 PM Thu, Jan 11 · UTC−10 5:37 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 3:18 PM Thu, Jan 11 · UTC−10 5:37 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 5:18 PM Thu, Jan 11 · UTC−8 8:37 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 6:18 PM Thu, Jan 11 · UTC−7 8:37 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC−7
Denver United States 6:18 PM Thu, Jan 11 · UTC−7 8:37 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 7:18 PM Thu, Jan 11 · UTC−6 10:37 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 7:18 PM Thu, Jan 11 · UTC−6 9:37 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC−6
New York United States 8:18 PM Thu, Jan 11 · UTC−5 11:37 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 8:18 PM Thu, Jan 11 · UTC−5 11:37 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 8:18 PM Thu, Jan 11 · UTC−5 10:37 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 8:18 PM Thu, Jan 11 · UTC−5 10:37 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 8:48 PM Thu, Jan 11 · UTC−4:30 11:07 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 9:18 PM Thu, Jan 11 · UTC−4 11:37 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 10:18 PM Thu, Jan 11 · UTC−3 12:37 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 11:18 PM Thu, Jan 11 · UTC−2 12:37 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 12:18 AM Fri, Jan 12 · UTC−1 3:37 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC
London United Kingdom 1:18 AM Fri, Jan 12 · UTC 4:37 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 2:18 AM Fri, Jan 12 · UTC+1 4:37 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC+1
Paris France 2:18 AM Fri, Jan 12 · UTC+1 4:37 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 2:18 AM Fri, Jan 12 · UTC+1 4:37 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 3:18 AM Fri, Jan 12 · UTC+2 5:37 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 3:18 AM Fri, Jan 12 · UTC+2 5:37 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 3:18 AM Fri, Jan 12 · UTC+2 5:37 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 3:18 AM Fri, Jan 12 · UTC+2 6:37 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 4:18 AM Fri, Jan 12 · UTC+3 6:37 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 4:18 AM Fri, Jan 12 · UTC+3 6:37 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 4:48 AM Fri, Jan 12 · UTC+3:30 7:07 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 5:18 AM Fri, Jan 12 · UTC+4 7:37 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 6:48 AM Fri, Jan 12 · UTC+5:30 9:07 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC+5:30
New Delhi India 6:48 AM Fri, Jan 12 · UTC+5:30 9:07 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 6:48 AM Fri, Jan 12 · UTC+5:30 9:07 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 7:48 AM Fri, Jan 12 · UTC+6:30 10:07 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC+6:30
Bangkok Thailand 8:18 AM Fri, Jan 12 · UTC+7 10:37 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 8:48 AM Fri, Jan 12 · UTC+7:30 11:07 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC+7:30
Singapore 8:48 AM Fri, Jan 12 · UTC+7:30 11:07 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 9:18 AM Fri, Jan 12 · UTC+8 11:37 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 9:18 AM Fri, Jan 12 · UTC+8 11:37 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 9:18 AM Fri, Jan 12 · UTC+8 11:37 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 10:18 AM Fri, Jan 12 · UTC+9 1:37 PM Tue, May 29 · UTC+10
Tokyo Japan 10:18 AM Fri, Jan 12 · UTC+9 1:37 PM Tue, May 29 · UTC+10
Adelaide Australia 10:48 AM Fri, Jan 12 · UTC+9:30 1:07 PM Tue, May 29 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 11:18 AM Fri, Jan 12 · UTC+10 1:37 PM Tue, May 29 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 11:18 AM Fri, Jan 12 · UTC+10 1:37 PM Tue, May 29 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 1:18 PM Fri, Jan 12 · UTC+12 3:37 PM Tue, May 29 · 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.

137 days · retreats 6.82°

January 12 → May 29, 1951 in Libra

Stations retrograde Jan 12, 1951, 1:18 AM UTC at 2°21′ Libra
Stations direct May 29, 1951, 3:37 AM UTC at 25°32′ Virgo
Shadow opens Oct 9, 1950, 7:18 AM UTC (95 days before)
Shadow closes Sep 3, 1951, 9:04 PM UTC (98 days after)
Full window including shadows 330 days

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Gemini season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Cancer — Jan 12 to Mar 14, 1951 (61 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Leo — Jan 12 to Apr 30, 1951 (108 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Libra — Jan 21 to May 29, 1951 (128 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Taurus — Apr 14 to May 8, 1951 (24 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1951

Previous

1950 Ended May 15, 1950 after 136 days, moving back 6.86° through the zodiac.

Next

1952 Begins January 24, 1952 and runs 138 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 1951

Saturn through the zodiac in 1951

Every sign Saturn occupies during 1951, 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 Libra From Jan 1 – Mar 7
Saturn in Virgo Mar 7 – Aug 13
Saturn in Libra Aug 13 – Dec 31 and beyond

3 segments in 1951. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1951 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1951

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
Neptune in Libra Jan 21, 1951 – Jun 28, 1951 · 159 days
Mercury in Taurus Apr 14, 1951 – May 8, 1951 · 24 days
Jupiter in Aries Aug 4, 1951 – Nov 30, 1951 · 118 days
Venus in Virgo Aug 13, 1951 – Sep 25, 1951 · 43 days
Mercury in Virgo Aug 17, 1951 – Sep 9, 1951 · 23 days
Uranus in Cancer Oct 20, 1951 – Mar 18, 1952 · 149 days
Pluto in Leo Nov 23, 1951 – Apr 30, 1952 · 159 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 7, 1951 – Dec 27, 1951 · 20 days
← 1950 Saturn retrograde in 1950. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1952 → Saturn retrograde in 1952.

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