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Saturn retrograde 1955

Saturn retrograde 1955: 1 period, 140 days inside the year — 38.4% of 1955. Saturn turned retrograde at 6:20 AM UTC on March 1 at 21°10′ Scorpio and turned direct at 7:30 AM UTC on July 19 at 14°30′ Scorpio.

Turns retrograde
Mar 1 6:20 AM UTC
Turns direct
Jul 19 7:30 AM UTC
Retrograde in 1955
140 days 38.4% of the year
Sign
Scorpio retreats 6.68°
Saturn Retrograde 1955 Dates: Mar 1 – Jul 19

Saturn’s path through 1955, day by day

Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1955
Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1955. Saturn starts 1955 at 17°42′ Scorpio and ends it at 28°16′ Scorpio — 10.6° of net progress: 17.2° forward, 6.7° given back. The loop retraces 6.68° in 140 days, from 21°10′ Scorpio on Mar 1 back to 14°30′ Scorpio on Jul 19. Fastest day: Nov 16, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: May 7, 0.075°. Counting the shadows, 323 days of 1955 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 25, 1954 – Mar 1, 1955Post-retrograde shadow: Jul 19, 1955 – Oct 25, 1955Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 6, 1955 – Mar 12, 1956Retrograde: Mar 1, 1955 – Jul 19, 195515° Scorpio20° Scorpio25° ScorpioStations retrograde Mar 1, 1955, 6:20 AM UTC, 21°10′ ScorpioR Mar 1Stations direct Jul 19, 1955, 7:30 AM UTC, 14°30′ ScorpioD Jul 19JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1955. Saturn starts 1955 at 17°42′ Scorpio and ends it at 28°16′ Scorpio — 10.6° of net progress: 17.2° forward, 6.7° given back. The loop retraces 6.68° in 140 days, from 21°10′ Scorpio on Mar 1 back to 14°30′ Scorpio on Jul 19. Fastest day: Nov 16, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: May 7, 0.075°. Counting the shadows, 323 days of 1955 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 25, 1954 – Mar 1, 1955Post-retrograde shadow: Jul 19, 1955 – Oct 25, 1955Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 6, 1955 – Mar 12, 1956Retrograde: Mar 1, 1955 – Jul 19, 195515° Scorpio25° ScorpioStations retrograde Mar 1, 1955, 6:20 AM UTC, 21°10′ ScorpioR Mar 1Stations direct Jul 19, 1955, 7:30 AM UTC, 14°30′ ScorpioD Jul 19JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Saturn starts 1955 at 17°42′ Scorpio and ends it at 28°16′ Scorpio — 10.6° of net progress: 17.2° forward, 6.7° given back. The loop retraces 6.68° in 140 days, from 21°10′ Scorpio on Mar 1 back to 14°30′ Scorpio on Jul 19. Fastest day: Nov 16, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: May 7, 0.075°. Counting the shadows, 323 days of 1955 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Saturn retrograde 1955: exact times in your city

Saturn turned retrograde at 6:20 AM UTC on March 1, 1955 at 21°10′ Scorpio — 2:20 AM in Santiago, 1:20 AM in New York, 6:20 AM in London and 3:20 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Tue, Mar 1 · 21°10′ Scorpio Tue, Jul 19 · 14°30′ Scorpio
Honolulu United States 8:20 PM Mon, Feb 28 · UTC−10 9:30 PM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 8:20 PM Mon, Feb 28 · UTC−10 9:30 PM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 10:20 PM Mon, Feb 28 · UTC−8 12:30 AM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 11:20 PM Mon, Feb 28 · UTC−7 12:30 AM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC−7
Denver United States 11:20 PM Mon, Feb 28 · UTC−7 12:30 AM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 12:20 AM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC−6 2:30 AM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 12:20 AM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC−6 1:30 AM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC−6
New York United States 1:20 AM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC−5 3:30 AM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 1:20 AM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC−5 3:30 AM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 1:20 AM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC−5 2:30 AM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 1:20 AM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC−5 2:30 AM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 1:50 AM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC−4:30 3:00 AM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 2:20 AM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC−4 3:30 AM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 3:20 AM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC−3 4:30 AM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 3:20 AM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC−3 4:30 AM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 5:20 AM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC−1 7:30 AM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC
London United Kingdom 6:20 AM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC 8:30 AM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 7:20 AM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC+1 8:30 AM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC+1
Paris France 7:20 AM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC+1 8:30 AM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 7:20 AM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC+1 8:30 AM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 8:20 AM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC+2 9:30 AM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 8:20 AM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC+2 9:30 AM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 8:20 AM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC+2 9:30 AM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 8:20 AM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC+2 9:30 AM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 9:20 AM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC+3 10:30 AM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 9:20 AM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC+3 10:30 AM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 9:50 AM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC+3:30 11:00 AM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 10:20 AM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC+4 11:30 AM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 11:20 AM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC+5 12:30 PM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 11:50 AM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC+5:30 1:00 PM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 11:50 AM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC+5:30 1:00 PM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 12:20 PM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC+6 1:30 PM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 1:20 PM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC+7 2:30 PM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 1:50 PM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC+7:30 3:00 PM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC+7:30
Singapore 1:50 PM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC+7:30 3:00 PM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 2:20 PM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC+8 3:30 PM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 2:20 PM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC+8 3:30 PM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 2:20 PM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC+8 3:30 PM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 2:50 PM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC+8:30 5:00 PM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC+9:30
Tokyo Japan 3:20 PM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC+9 4:30 PM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 3:50 PM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC+9:30 5:00 PM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 4:20 PM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC+10 5:30 PM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 4:20 PM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC+10 5:30 PM Tue, Jul 19 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 6:20 PM Tue, Mar 1 · UTC+12 7:30 PM Tue, Jul 19 · 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.

140 days · retreats 6.68°

March 1 → July 19, 1955 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde Mar 1, 1955, 6:20 AM UTC at 21°10′ Scorpio
Stations direct Jul 19, 1955, 7:30 AM UTC at 14°30′ Scorpio
Shadow opens Nov 25, 1954, 9:16 AM UTC (96 days before)
Shadow closes Oct 25, 1955, 3:46 PM UTC (98 days after)
Full window including shadows 334 days

It begins in Pisces season and ends in Cancer season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Cancer — Mar 1 to Mar 16, 1955 (16 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Cancer — Mar 1 to Apr 1, 1955 (31 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Libra — Mar 1 to Jul 7, 1955 (129 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Leo — Mar 1 to May 6, 1955 (67 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Gemini — Jun 3 to Jun 27, 1955 (24 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1955

Previous

1954 Ended July 6, 1954 after 139 days, moving back 6.71° through the zodiac.

Next

1956 Begins March 12, 1956 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 1955

Saturn through the zodiac in 1955

Every sign Saturn occupies during 1955, 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 Scorpio From Jan 1 – Dec 31 and beyond

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

1955 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1955

Uranus in Cancer Nov 3, 1954 – Apr 1, 1955 · 149 days
Jupiter in Cancer Nov 17, 1954 – Mar 16, 1955 · 120 days
Pluto in Leo Nov 28, 1954 – May 6, 1955 · 159 days
Neptune in Libra Jan 29, 1955 – Jul 7, 1955 · 159 days
Mercury in Aquarius Feb 3, 1955 – Feb 25, 1955 · 22 days
Mercury in Gemini Jun 3, 1955 – Jun 27, 1955 · 24 days
Mercury in Libra Oct 1, 1955 – Oct 22, 1955 · 21 days
Uranus in Leo Nov 8, 1955 – Apr 5, 1956 · 149 days
Pluto in Leo Dec 1, 1955 – May 7, 1956 · 159 days
Jupiter in Virgo Dec 18, 1955 – Apr 17, 1956 · 121 days
← 1954 Saturn retrograde in 1954. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1956 → Saturn retrograde in 1956.

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