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Saturn retrograde 1956

Saturn retrograde 1956: 1 period, 141 days inside the year — 38.4% of 1956. Saturn turned retrograde at 3:30 AM UTC on March 12 at 2°48′ Sagittarius and turned direct at 6:37 PM UTC on July 30 at 26°10′ Scorpio.

Turns retrograde
Mar 12 3:30 AM UTC
Turns direct
Jul 30 6:37 PM UTC
Retrograde in 1956
141 days 38.4% of the year
Sign
Sagittarius retreats 6.65°
Saturn Retrograde 1956 Dates: Mar 12 – Jul 30

Saturn’s path through 1956, day by day

Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1956
Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1956. Saturn starts 1956 at 28°16′ Scorpio and ends it at 8°42′ Sagittarius — 10.4° of net progress: 17.1° forward, 6.6° given back. The loop retraces 6.65° in 141 days, from 2°48′ Sagittarius on Mar 12 back to 26°09′ Scorpio on Jul 30. Fastest day: Nov 25, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: May 19, 0.075°. Counting the shadows, 325 days of 1956 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 6, 1955 – Mar 12, 1956Post-retrograde shadow: Jul 30, 1956 – Nov 5, 1956Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 17, 1956 – Mar 24, 1957Retrograde: Mar 12, 1956 – Jul 30, 195624° Scorpio26° Scorpio28° Scorpio0° Sagittarius2° Sagittarius4° Sagittarius6° Sagittarius8° SagittariusStations retrograde Mar 12, 1956, 3:30 AM UTC, 2°48′ SagittariusR Mar 12Stations direct Jul 30, 1956, 6:37 PM UTC, 26°10′ ScorpioD Jul 30JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1956. Saturn starts 1956 at 28°16′ Scorpio and ends it at 8°42′ Sagittarius — 10.4° of net progress: 17.1° forward, 6.6° given back. The loop retraces 6.65° in 141 days, from 2°48′ Sagittarius on Mar 12 back to 26°09′ Scorpio on Jul 30. Fastest day: Nov 25, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: May 19, 0.075°. Counting the shadows, 325 days of 1956 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 6, 1955 – Mar 12, 1956Post-retrograde shadow: Jul 30, 1956 – Nov 5, 1956Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 17, 1956 – Mar 24, 1957Retrograde: Mar 12, 1956 – Jul 30, 195624° Scorpio26° Scorpio6° Sagittarius8° SagittariusStations retrograde Mar 12, 1956, 3:30 AM UTC, 2°48′ SagittariusR Mar 12Stations direct Jul 30, 1956, 6:37 PM UTC, 26°10′ ScorpioD Jul 30JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Saturn starts 1956 at 28°16′ Scorpio and ends it at 8°42′ Sagittarius — 10.4° of net progress: 17.1° forward, 6.6° given back. The loop retraces 6.65° in 141 days, from 2°48′ Sagittarius on Mar 12 back to 26°09′ Scorpio on Jul 30. Fastest day: Nov 25, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: May 19, 0.075°. Counting the shadows, 325 days of 1956 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Saturn retrograde 1956: exact times in your city

Saturn turned retrograde at 3:30 AM UTC on March 12, 1956 at 2°48′ Sagittarius — 11:30 PM on March 11 in Santiago, 10:30 PM on March 11 in New York, 3:30 AM in London and 12:30 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Mon, Mar 12 · 2°48′ Sagittarius Mon, Jul 30 · 26°10′ Scorpio
Honolulu United States 5:30 PM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC−10 8:37 AM Mon, Jul 30 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 5:30 PM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC−10 8:37 AM Mon, Jul 30 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 7:30 PM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC−8 11:37 AM Mon, Jul 30 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 8:30 PM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC−7 11:37 AM Mon, Jul 30 · UTC−7
Denver United States 8:30 PM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC−7 11:37 AM Mon, Jul 30 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 9:30 PM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC−6 1:37 PM Mon, Jul 30 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 9:30 PM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC−6 12:37 PM Mon, Jul 30 · UTC−6
New York United States 10:30 PM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC−5 2:37 PM Mon, Jul 30 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 10:30 PM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC−5 2:37 PM Mon, Jul 30 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 10:30 PM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC−5 1:37 PM Mon, Jul 30 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 10:30 PM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC−5 1:37 PM Mon, Jul 30 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 11:00 PM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC−4:30 2:07 PM Mon, Jul 30 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 11:30 PM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC−4 2:37 PM Mon, Jul 30 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 12:30 AM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC−3 3:37 PM Mon, Jul 30 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 12:30 AM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC−3 3:37 PM Mon, Jul 30 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 2:30 AM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC−1 6:37 PM Mon, Jul 30 · UTC
London United Kingdom 3:30 AM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC 7:37 PM Mon, Jul 30 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 4:30 AM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC+1 7:37 PM Mon, Jul 30 · UTC+1
Paris France 4:30 AM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC+1 7:37 PM Mon, Jul 30 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 4:30 AM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC+1 7:37 PM Mon, Jul 30 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 5:30 AM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC+2 8:37 PM Mon, Jul 30 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 5:30 AM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC+2 8:37 PM Mon, Jul 30 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 5:30 AM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC+2 8:37 PM Mon, Jul 30 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 5:30 AM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC+2 8:37 PM Mon, Jul 30 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 6:30 AM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC+3 9:37 PM Mon, Jul 30 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 6:30 AM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC+3 9:37 PM Mon, Jul 30 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 7:00 AM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC+3:30 10:07 PM Mon, Jul 30 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 7:30 AM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC+4 10:37 PM Mon, Jul 30 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 8:30 AM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC+5 11:37 PM Mon, Jul 30 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 9:00 AM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC+5:30 12:07 AM Tue, Jul 31 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 9:00 AM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC+5:30 12:07 AM Tue, Jul 31 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 9:30 AM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC+6 12:37 AM Tue, Jul 31 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 10:30 AM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC+7 1:37 AM Tue, Jul 31 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 11:00 AM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC+7:30 2:07 AM Tue, Jul 31 · UTC+7:30
Singapore 11:00 AM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC+7:30 2:07 AM Tue, Jul 31 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 11:30 AM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC+8 2:37 AM Tue, Jul 31 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 11:30 AM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC+8 2:37 AM Tue, Jul 31 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 11:30 AM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC+8 2:37 AM Tue, Jul 31 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 12:00 PM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC+8:30 4:07 AM Tue, Jul 31 · UTC+9:30
Tokyo Japan 12:30 PM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC+9 3:37 AM Tue, Jul 31 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 1:00 PM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC+9:30 4:07 AM Tue, Jul 31 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 1:30 PM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC+10 4:37 AM Tue, Jul 31 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 1:30 PM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC+10 4:37 AM Tue, Jul 31 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 3:30 PM Mon, Mar 12 · UTC+12 6:37 AM Tue, Jul 31 · 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.

141 days · retreats 6.65°

March 12 → July 30, 1956 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde Mar 12, 1956, 3:30 AM UTC at 2°48′ Sagittarius
Stations direct Jul 30, 1956, 6:37 PM UTC at 26°10′ Scorpio
Shadow opens Dec 6, 1955, 11:11 PM UTC (96 days before)
Shadow closes Nov 5, 1956, 11:44 PM UTC (98 days after)
Full window including shadows 335 days

It begins in Pisces season and ends in Leo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Virgo — Mar 12 to Apr 17, 1956 (36 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Leo — Mar 12 to Apr 5, 1956 (24 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Scorpio — Mar 12 to Jul 9, 1956 (119 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Leo — Mar 12 to May 7, 1956 (57 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Gemini — May 14 to Jun 7, 1956 (24 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Cancer — May 31 to Jul 13, 1956 (43 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1956

Previous

1955 Ended July 19, 1955 after 140 days, moving back 6.68° through the zodiac.

Next

1957 Begins March 24, 1957 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 1956

Saturn through the zodiac in 1956

Every sign Saturn occupies during 1956, 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 – Jan 12
Saturn in Sagittarius Jan 12 – May 14
Saturn in Scorpio May 14 – Oct 10
Saturn in Sagittarius Oct 10 – Dec 31 and beyond

4 segments in 1956. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1956 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1956

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
Mercury in Aquarius Jan 18, 1956 – Feb 8, 1956 · 21 days
Neptune in Scorpio Feb 1, 1956 – Jul 9, 1956 · 159 days
Mercury in Gemini May 14, 1956 – Jun 7, 1956 · 24 days
Venus in Cancer May 31, 1956 – Jul 13, 1956 · 43 days
Mars in Pisces Aug 10, 1956 – Oct 10, 1956 · 61 days
Mercury in Libra Sep 13, 1956 – Oct 5, 1956 · 22 days
Uranus in Leo Nov 12, 1956 – Apr 10, 1957 · 149 days
Pluto in Virgo Dec 2, 1956 – May 9, 1957 · 159 days
← 1955 Saturn retrograde in 1955. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1957 → Saturn retrograde in 1957.

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