Saturn retrograde 1959

1 period, 141 days inside the year — 38.7% of 1959. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

141 days · retreats 6.63°

16 April → 5 September 1959 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 16 Apr 1959, 16:53 UTC at 7.76° Capricorn

Stations direct 5 Sep 1959, 03:01 UTC at 1.13° Capricorn

Read against Capricorn, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1959

1958 Ended 24 August 1958 after 141 days, moving back 6.63° through the zodiac.

1960 Begins 27 April 1960 and runs 141 days.

Gap across 1959

1.7 years between the two — long enough for a whole calendar year to fall inside it with nothing to report.

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.

← 1958 Saturn retrograde in 1958. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1960 → Saturn retrograde in 1960.