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Saturn retrograde 1953

Saturn retrograde 1953: 1 period, 139 days inside the year — 38% of 1953. Saturn turned retrograde at 2:32 AM UTC on February 5 at 27°17′ Libra and turned direct at 5:26 PM UTC on June 23 at 20°32′ Libra.

Turns retrograde
Feb 5 2:32 AM UTC
Turns direct
Jun 23 5:26 PM UTC
Retrograde in 1953
139 days 38% of the year
Sign
Libra retreats 6.75°
Saturn Retrograde 1953 Dates: Feb 5 – Jun 23

Saturn’s path through 1953, day by day

Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1953
Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1953. Saturn starts 1953 at 25°34′ Libra and ends it at 6°50′ Scorpio — 11.3° of net progress: 18° forward, 6.7° given back. The loop retraces 6.75° in 139 days, from 27°17′ Libra on Feb 5 back to 20°33′ Libra on Jun 23. Fastest day: Oct 24, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Apr 12, 0.077°. Counting the shadows, 320 days of 1953 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 1, 1952 – Feb 5, 1953Post-retrograde shadow: Jun 23, 1953 – Sep 30, 1953Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 13, 1953 – Feb 17, 1954Retrograde: Feb 5, 1953 – Jun 23, 195320° Libra25° Libra0° Scorpio5° ScorpioStations retrograde Feb 5, 1953, 2:32 AM UTC, 27°17′ LibraR Feb 5Stations direct Jun 23, 1953, 5:26 PM UTC, 20°32′ LibraD Jun 23JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1953. Saturn starts 1953 at 25°34′ Libra and ends it at 6°50′ Scorpio — 11.3° of net progress: 18° forward, 6.7° given back. The loop retraces 6.75° in 139 days, from 27°17′ Libra on Feb 5 back to 20°33′ Libra on Jun 23. Fastest day: Oct 24, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Apr 12, 0.077°. Counting the shadows, 320 days of 1953 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 1, 1952 – Feb 5, 1953Post-retrograde shadow: Jun 23, 1953 – Sep 30, 1953Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 13, 1953 – Feb 17, 1954Retrograde: Feb 5, 1953 – Jun 23, 195320° Libra25° Libra0° Scorpio5° ScorpioStations retrograde Feb 5, 1953, 2:32 AM UTC, 27°17′ LibraR Feb 5Stations direct Jun 23, 1953, 5:26 PM UTC, 20°32′ LibraD Jun 23JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Saturn starts 1953 at 25°34′ Libra and ends it at 6°50′ Scorpio — 11.3° of net progress: 18° forward, 6.7° given back. The loop retraces 6.75° in 139 days, from 27°17′ Libra on Feb 5 back to 20°33′ Libra on Jun 23. Fastest day: Oct 24, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Apr 12, 0.077°. Counting the shadows, 320 days of 1953 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Saturn retrograde 1953: exact times in your city

Saturn turned retrograde at 2:32 AM UTC on February 5, 1953 at 27°17′ Libra — 10:32 PM on February 4 in Santiago, 9:32 PM on February 4 in New York, 2:32 AM in London and 11:32 AM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Thu, Feb 5 · 27°17′ Libra Tue, Jun 23 · 20°32′ Libra
Honolulu United States 4:32 PM Wed, Feb 4 · UTC−10 7:26 AM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 4:32 PM Wed, Feb 4 · UTC−10 7:26 AM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 6:32 PM Wed, Feb 4 · UTC−8 10:26 AM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 7:32 PM Wed, Feb 4 · UTC−7 10:26 AM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC−7
Denver United States 7:32 PM Wed, Feb 4 · UTC−7 10:26 AM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 8:32 PM Wed, Feb 4 · UTC−6 12:26 PM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 8:32 PM Wed, Feb 4 · UTC−6 11:26 AM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC−6
New York United States 9:32 PM Wed, Feb 4 · UTC−5 1:26 PM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 9:32 PM Wed, Feb 4 · UTC−5 1:26 PM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 9:32 PM Wed, Feb 4 · UTC−5 12:26 PM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 9:32 PM Wed, Feb 4 · UTC−5 12:26 PM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 10:02 PM Wed, Feb 4 · UTC−4:30 12:56 PM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 10:32 PM Wed, Feb 4 · UTC−4 1:26 PM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 11:32 PM Wed, Feb 4 · UTC−3 2:26 PM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 12:32 AM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC−2 2:26 PM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 1:32 AM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC−1 5:26 PM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC
London United Kingdom 2:32 AM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC 6:26 PM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 3:32 AM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC+1 6:26 PM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC+1
Paris France 3:32 AM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC+1 6:26 PM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 3:32 AM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC+1 6:26 PM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 4:32 AM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC+2 7:26 PM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 4:32 AM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC+2 7:26 PM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 4:32 AM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC+2 7:26 PM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 4:32 AM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC+2 7:26 PM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 5:32 AM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC+3 8:26 PM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 5:32 AM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC+3 8:26 PM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 6:02 AM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC+3:30 8:56 PM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 6:32 AM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC+4 9:26 PM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 7:32 AM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC+5 10:26 PM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 8:02 AM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC+5:30 10:56 PM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 8:02 AM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC+5:30 10:56 PM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 8:32 AM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC+6 11:26 PM Tue, Jun 23 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 9:32 AM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC+7 12:26 AM Wed, Jun 24 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 10:02 AM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC+7:30 12:56 AM Wed, Jun 24 · UTC+7:30
Singapore 10:02 AM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC+7:30 12:56 AM Wed, Jun 24 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 10:32 AM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC+8 1:26 AM Wed, Jun 24 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 10:32 AM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC+8 1:26 AM Wed, Jun 24 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 10:32 AM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC+8 1:26 AM Wed, Jun 24 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 11:32 AM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC+9 2:26 AM Wed, Jun 24 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 11:32 AM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC+9 2:26 AM Wed, Jun 24 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 12:02 PM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC+9:30 2:56 AM Wed, Jun 24 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 12:32 PM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC+10 3:26 AM Wed, Jun 24 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 12:32 PM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC+10 3:26 AM Wed, Jun 24 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 2:32 PM Thu, Feb 5 · UTC+12 5:26 AM Wed, Jun 24 · 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.

139 days · retreats 6.75°

February 5 → June 23, 1953 in Libra

Stations retrograde Feb 5, 1953, 2:32 AM UTC at 27°17′ Libra
Stations direct Jun 23, 1953, 5:26 PM UTC at 20°32′ Libra
Shadow opens Nov 1, 1952, 7:35 PM UTC (95 days before)
Shadow closes Sep 30, 1953, 12:18 AM UTC (98 days after)
Full window including shadows 332 days

It begins in Aquarius season and ends in Cancer season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Cancer — Feb 5 to Mar 22, 1953 (46 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Libra — Feb 5 to Jun 23, 1953 (139 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Leo — Feb 5 to May 2, 1953 (87 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aries — Mar 9 to Apr 1, 1953 (23 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Taurus — Mar 23 to May 4, 1953 (42 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 1953

Previous

1952 Ended June 10, 1952 after 138 days, moving back 6.79° through the zodiac.

Next

1954 Begins February 17, 1954 and runs 139 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 1953

Saturn through the zodiac in 1953

Every sign Saturn occupies during 1953, 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 – Oct 22
Saturn in Scorpio Oct 22 – Dec 31 and beyond

2 segments in 1953. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1953 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1953

Jupiter in Taurus Sep 9, 1952 – Jan 5, 1953 · 118 days
Uranus in Cancer Oct 24, 1952 – Mar 22, 1953 · 149 days
Pluto in Leo Nov 24, 1952 – May 2, 1953 · 159 days
Neptune in Libra Jan 25, 1953 – Jul 2, 1953 · 159 days
Mercury in Aries Mar 9, 1953 – Apr 1, 1953 · 23 days
Venus in Taurus Mar 23, 1953 – May 4, 1953 · 42 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 11, 1953 – Aug 4, 1953 · 24 days
Jupiter in Gemini Oct 15, 1953 – Feb 10, 1954 · 118 days
Uranus in Cancer Oct 29, 1953 – Mar 27, 1954 · 149 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Nov 3, 1953 – Nov 23, 1953 · 20 days
Pluto in Leo Nov 26, 1953 – May 4, 1954 · 159 days
← 1952 Saturn retrograde in 1952. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1954 → Saturn retrograde in 1954.

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