2027 Forecast

Saturn retrograde 1959

Saturn retrograde 1959: 1 period, 141 days inside the year — 38.7% of 1959. Saturn turned retrograde at 3:33 PM UTC on April 16 at 7°03′ Capricorn and turned direct at 1:02 AM UTC on September 5 at 0°27′ Capricorn.

Turns retrograde
Apr 16 3:33 PM UTC
Turns direct
Sep 5 1:02 AM UTC
Retrograde in 1959
141 days 38.7% of the year
Sign
Capricorn retreats 6.61°
Saturn Retrograde 1959 Dates: Apr 16 – Sep 5

Saturn’s path through 1959, day by day

Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1959
Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1959. Saturn starts 1959 at 28°53′ Sagittarius and ends it at 8°53′ Capricorn — 10° of net progress: 16.6° forward, 6.6° given back. The loop retraces 6.61° in 141 days, from 7°03′ Capricorn on Apr 16 back to 0°27′ Capricorn on Sep 5. Fastest day: Dec 30, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Jun 25, 0.074°. Counting the shadows, 336 days of 1959 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Jan 9, 1959 – Apr 16, 1959Post-retrograde shadow: Sep 5, 1959 – Dec 11, 1959Retrograde: Apr 16, 1959 – Sep 5, 195928° Sagittarius0° Capricorn2° Capricorn4° Capricorn6° Capricorn8° CapricornStations retrograde Apr 16, 1959, 3:33 PM UTC, 7°03′ CapricornR Apr 16Stations direct Sep 5, 1959, 1:02 AM UTC, 0°27′ CapricornD Sep 5JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1959. Saturn starts 1959 at 28°53′ Sagittarius and ends it at 8°53′ Capricorn — 10° of net progress: 16.6° forward, 6.6° given back. The loop retraces 6.61° in 141 days, from 7°03′ Capricorn on Apr 16 back to 0°27′ Capricorn on Sep 5. Fastest day: Dec 30, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Jun 25, 0.074°. Counting the shadows, 336 days of 1959 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Jan 9, 1959 – Apr 16, 1959Post-retrograde shadow: Sep 5, 1959 – Dec 11, 1959Retrograde: Apr 16, 1959 – Sep 5, 195928° SagittariusStations retrograde Apr 16, 1959, 3:33 PM UTC, 7°03′ CapricornR Apr 16Stations direct Sep 5, 1959, 1:02 AM UTC, 0°27′ CapricornD Sep 5JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Saturn starts 1959 at 28°53′ Sagittarius and ends it at 8°53′ Capricorn — 10° of net progress: 16.6° forward, 6.6° given back. The loop retraces 6.61° in 141 days, from 7°03′ Capricorn on Apr 16 back to 0°27′ Capricorn on Sep 5. Fastest day: Dec 30, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Jun 25, 0.074°. Counting the shadows, 336 days of 1959 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Saturn retrograde 1959: exact times in your city

Saturn turned retrograde at 3:33 PM UTC on April 16, 1959 at 7°03′ Capricorn — 11:33 AM in Santiago, 10:33 AM in New York, 3:33 PM in London and 12:33 AM on April 17 in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Thu, Apr 16 · 7°03′ Capricorn Sat, Sep 5 · 0°27′ Capricorn
Honolulu United States 5:33 AM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC−10 3:02 PM Fri, Sep 4 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 5:33 AM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC−10 3:02 PM Fri, Sep 4 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 7:33 AM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC−8 6:02 PM Fri, Sep 4 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 8:33 AM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC−7 6:02 PM Fri, Sep 4 · UTC−7
Denver United States 8:33 AM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC−7 6:02 PM Fri, Sep 4 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 9:33 AM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC−6 8:02 PM Fri, Sep 4 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 9:33 AM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC−6 7:02 PM Fri, Sep 4 · UTC−6
New York United States 10:33 AM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC−5 9:02 PM Fri, Sep 4 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 10:33 AM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC−5 9:02 PM Fri, Sep 4 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 10:33 AM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC−5 8:02 PM Fri, Sep 4 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 10:33 AM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC−5 8:02 PM Fri, Sep 4 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 11:03 AM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC−4:30 8:32 PM Fri, Sep 4 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 11:33 AM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC−4 9:02 PM Fri, Sep 4 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 12:33 PM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC−3 10:02 PM Fri, Sep 4 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 12:33 PM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC−3 10:02 PM Fri, Sep 4 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 3:33 PM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC 1:02 AM Sat, Sep 5 · UTC
London United Kingdom 3:33 PM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC 2:02 AM Sat, Sep 5 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 4:33 PM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC+1 2:02 AM Sat, Sep 5 · UTC+1
Paris France 4:33 PM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC+1 2:02 AM Sat, Sep 5 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 4:33 PM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC+1 2:02 AM Sat, Sep 5 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 5:33 PM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC+2 3:02 AM Sat, Sep 5 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 5:33 PM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC+2 4:02 AM Sat, Sep 5 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 5:33 PM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC+2 3:02 AM Sat, Sep 5 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 5:33 PM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC+2 3:02 AM Sat, Sep 5 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 6:33 PM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC+3 4:02 AM Sat, Sep 5 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 6:33 PM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC+3 4:02 AM Sat, Sep 5 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 7:03 PM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC+3:30 4:32 AM Sat, Sep 5 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 7:33 PM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC+4 5:02 AM Sat, Sep 5 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 8:33 PM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC+5 6:02 AM Sat, Sep 5 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 9:03 PM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC+5:30 6:32 AM Sat, Sep 5 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 9:03 PM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC+5:30 6:32 AM Sat, Sep 5 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 9:33 PM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC+6 7:02 AM Sat, Sep 5 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 10:33 PM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC+7 8:02 AM Sat, Sep 5 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 11:03 PM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC+7:30 8:32 AM Sat, Sep 5 · UTC+7:30
Singapore 11:03 PM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC+7:30 8:32 AM Sat, Sep 5 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 11:33 PM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC+8 9:02 AM Sat, Sep 5 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 11:33 PM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC+8 9:02 AM Sat, Sep 5 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 11:33 PM Thu, Apr 16 · UTC+8 9:02 AM Sat, Sep 5 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 12:03 AM Fri, Apr 17 · UTC+8:30 10:32 AM Sat, Sep 5 · UTC+9:30
Tokyo Japan 12:33 AM Fri, Apr 17 · UTC+9 10:02 AM Sat, Sep 5 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 1:03 AM Fri, Apr 17 · UTC+9:30 10:32 AM Sat, Sep 5 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 1:33 AM Fri, Apr 17 · UTC+10 11:02 AM Sat, Sep 5 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 1:33 AM Fri, Apr 17 · UTC+10 11:02 AM Sat, Sep 5 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 3:33 AM Fri, Apr 17 · UTC+12 1:02 PM Sat, Sep 5 · 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 6.61°

April 16 → September 5, 1959 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde Apr 16, 1959, 3:33 PM UTC at 7°03′ Capricorn
Stations direct Sep 5, 1959, 1:02 AM UTC at 0°27′ Capricorn
Shadow opens Jan 9, 1959, 1:08 PM UTC (97 days before)
Shadow closes Dec 11, 1959, 12:40 PM UTC (97 days after)
Full window including shadows 336 days

It begins in Aries season and ends in Virgo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Sagittarius — Apr 16 to Jul 20, 1959 (95 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Leo — Apr 16 to Apr 20, 1959 (4 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Scorpio — Apr 16 to Jul 16, 1959 (91 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Virgo — Apr 16 to May 13, 1959 (27 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Leo — Jul 22 to Aug 15, 1959 (24 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Virgo — Aug 10 to Sep 5, 1959 (25 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1959

Previous

1958 Ended August 24, 1958 after 141 days, moving back 6.61° through the zodiac.

Next

1960 Begins April 27, 1960 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 1959

Saturn through the zodiac in 1959

Every sign Saturn occupies during 1959, 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 Sagittarius From Jan 1 – Jan 5
Saturn in Capricorn Jan 5 – Dec 31 and beyond

2 segments in 1959. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1959 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1959

Uranus in Leo Nov 22, 1958 – Apr 20, 1959 · 149 days
Pluto in Virgo Dec 6, 1958 – May 13, 1959 · 158 days
Neptune in Scorpio Feb 7, 1959 – Jul 16, 1959 · 159 days
Jupiter in Sagittarius Mar 18, 1959 – Jul 20, 1959 · 123 days
Mercury in Aries Mar 19, 1959 – Apr 12, 1959 · 23 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 22, 1959 – Aug 15, 1959 · 24 days
Venus in Virgo Aug 10, 1959 – Sep 22, 1959 · 43 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Nov 14, 1959 – Dec 3, 1959 · 20 days
Uranus in Leo Nov 27, 1959 – Apr 24, 1960 · 149 days
Pluto in Virgo Dec 8, 1959 – May 15, 1960 · 158 days
← 1958 Saturn retrograde in 1958. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1960 → Saturn retrograde in 1960.

Cite this page

AstroHot. “Saturn Retrograde 1959 Dates: Apr 16 – Sep 5.” Accessed October 31, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/saturn/1959/

For Wikipedia {{cite web |title=Saturn Retrograde 1959 Dates: Apr 16 – Sep 5 |url=https://astrohot.com/retrograde/saturn/1959/ |website=AstroHot |access-date=2026-10-31}}