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Saturn retrograde 1961

Saturn retrograde 1961: 1 period, 141 days inside the year — 38.7% of 1961. Saturn turned retrograde at 4:22 PM UTC on May 9 at 29°51′ Capricorn and turned direct at 7:32 PM UTC on September 27 at 23°14′ Capricorn.

Turns retrograde
May 9 4:22 PM UTC
Turns direct
Sep 27 7:32 PM UTC
Retrograde in 1961
141 days 38.7% of the year
Sign
Capricorn retreats 6.62°
Saturn Retrograde 1961 Dates: May 9 – Sep 27

Saturn’s path through 1961, day by day

Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1961
Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1961. Saturn starts 1961 at 19°02′ Capricorn and ends it at 29°08′ Capricorn — 10.1° of net progress: 16.7° forward, 6.6° given back. The loop retraces 6.62° in 141 days, from 29°51′ Capricorn on May 9 back to 23°14′ Capricorn on Sep 27. Fastest day: Jan 10, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Jul 19, 0.074°. Counting the shadows, 334 days of 1961 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Feb 1, 1961 – May 9, 1961Post-retrograde shadow: Sep 27, 1961 – Jan 2, 1962Retrograde: May 9, 1961 – Sep 27, 196118° Capricorn20° Capricorn22° Capricorn26° Capricorn28° Capricorn0° AquariusStations retrograde May 9, 1961, 4:22 PM UTC, 29°51′ CapricornR May 9Stations direct Sep 27, 1961, 7:32 PM UTC, 23°14′ CapricornD Sep 27JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1961. Saturn starts 1961 at 19°02′ Capricorn and ends it at 29°08′ Capricorn — 10.1° of net progress: 16.7° forward, 6.6° given back. The loop retraces 6.62° in 141 days, from 29°51′ Capricorn on May 9 back to 23°14′ Capricorn on Sep 27. Fastest day: Jan 10, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Jul 19, 0.074°. Counting the shadows, 334 days of 1961 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Feb 1, 1961 – May 9, 1961Post-retrograde shadow: Sep 27, 1961 – Jan 2, 1962Retrograde: May 9, 1961 – Sep 27, 196118° Capricorn20° Capricorn0° AquariusStations retrograde May 9, 1961, 4:22 PM UTC, 29°51′ CapricornR May 9Stations direct Sep 27, 1961, 7:32 PM UTC, 23°14′ CapricornD Sep 27JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Saturn starts 1961 at 19°02′ Capricorn and ends it at 29°08′ Capricorn — 10.1° of net progress: 16.7° forward, 6.6° given back. The loop retraces 6.62° in 141 days, from 29°51′ Capricorn on May 9 back to 23°14′ Capricorn on Sep 27. Fastest day: Jan 10, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Jul 19, 0.074°. Counting the shadows, 334 days of 1961 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Saturn retrograde 1961: exact times in your city

Saturn turned retrograde at 4:22 PM UTC on May 9, 1961 at 29°51′ Capricorn — 12:22 PM in Santiago, 12:22 PM in New York, 5:22 PM in London and 1:22 AM on May 10 in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Tue, May 9 · 29°51′ Capricorn Wed, Sep 27 · 23°14′ Capricorn
Honolulu United States 6:22 AM Tue, May 9 · UTC−10 9:32 AM Wed, Sep 27 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 6:22 AM Tue, May 9 · UTC−10 9:32 AM Wed, Sep 27 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 9:22 AM Tue, May 9 · UTC−7 11:32 AM Wed, Sep 27 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 9:22 AM Tue, May 9 · UTC−7 12:32 PM Wed, Sep 27 · UTC−7
Denver United States 9:22 AM Tue, May 9 · UTC−7 12:32 PM Wed, Sep 27 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 11:22 AM Tue, May 9 · UTC−5 2:32 PM Wed, Sep 27 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 10:22 AM Tue, May 9 · UTC−6 1:32 PM Wed, Sep 27 · UTC−6
New York United States 12:22 PM Tue, May 9 · UTC−4 3:32 PM Wed, Sep 27 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 12:22 PM Tue, May 9 · UTC−4 3:32 PM Wed, Sep 27 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 11:22 AM Tue, May 9 · UTC−5 2:32 PM Wed, Sep 27 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 11:22 AM Tue, May 9 · UTC−5 2:32 PM Wed, Sep 27 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 11:52 AM Tue, May 9 · UTC−4:30 3:02 PM Wed, Sep 27 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 12:22 PM Tue, May 9 · UTC−4 3:32 PM Wed, Sep 27 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 1:22 PM Tue, May 9 · UTC−3 4:32 PM Wed, Sep 27 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 1:22 PM Tue, May 9 · UTC−3 4:32 PM Wed, Sep 27 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 4:22 PM Tue, May 9 · UTC 7:32 PM Wed, Sep 27 · UTC
London United Kingdom 5:22 PM Tue, May 9 · UTC+1 8:32 PM Wed, Sep 27 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 5:22 PM Tue, May 9 · UTC+1 8:32 PM Wed, Sep 27 · UTC+1
Paris France 5:22 PM Tue, May 9 · UTC+1 8:32 PM Wed, Sep 27 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 5:22 PM Tue, May 9 · UTC+1 8:32 PM Wed, Sep 27 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 6:22 PM Tue, May 9 · UTC+2 9:32 PM Wed, Sep 27 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 7:22 PM Tue, May 9 · UTC+3 10:32 PM Wed, Sep 27 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 6:22 PM Tue, May 9 · UTC+2 9:32 PM Wed, Sep 27 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 6:22 PM Tue, May 9 · UTC+2 9:32 PM Wed, Sep 27 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 7:22 PM Tue, May 9 · UTC+3 10:32 PM Wed, Sep 27 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 7:22 PM Tue, May 9 · UTC+3 10:32 PM Wed, Sep 27 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 7:52 PM Tue, May 9 · UTC+3:30 11:02 PM Wed, Sep 27 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 8:22 PM Tue, May 9 · UTC+4 11:32 PM Wed, Sep 27 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 9:22 PM Tue, May 9 · UTC+5 12:32 AM Thu, Sep 28 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 9:52 PM Tue, May 9 · UTC+5:30 1:02 AM Thu, Sep 28 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 9:52 PM Tue, May 9 · UTC+5:30 1:02 AM Thu, Sep 28 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 10:22 PM Tue, May 9 · UTC+6 1:32 AM Thu, Sep 28 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 11:22 PM Tue, May 9 · UTC+7 2:32 AM Thu, Sep 28 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 11:52 PM Tue, May 9 · UTC+7:30 3:02 AM Thu, Sep 28 · UTC+7:30
Singapore 11:52 PM Tue, May 9 · UTC+7:30 3:02 AM Thu, Sep 28 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 12:22 AM Wed, May 10 · UTC+8 3:32 AM Thu, Sep 28 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 12:22 AM Wed, May 10 · UTC+8 3:32 AM Thu, Sep 28 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 12:22 AM Wed, May 10 · UTC+8 3:32 AM Thu, Sep 28 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 12:52 AM Wed, May 10 · UTC+8:30 4:32 AM Thu, Sep 28 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 1:22 AM Wed, May 10 · UTC+9 4:32 AM Thu, Sep 28 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 1:52 AM Wed, May 10 · UTC+9:30 5:02 AM Thu, Sep 28 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 2:22 AM Wed, May 10 · UTC+10 5:32 AM Thu, Sep 28 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 2:22 AM Wed, May 10 · UTC+10 5:32 AM Thu, Sep 28 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 4:22 AM Wed, May 10 · UTC+12 7:32 AM Thu, Sep 28 · 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 6.62°

May 9 → September 27, 1961 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde May 9, 1961, 4:22 PM UTC at 29°51′ Capricorn
Stations direct Sep 27, 1961, 7:32 PM UTC at 23°14′ Capricorn
Shadow opens Feb 1, 1961, 2:33 AM UTC (98 days before)
Shadow closes Jan 2, 1962, 12:53 PM UTC (97 days after)
Full window including shadows 335 days

It begins in Taurus season and ends in Libra season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Neptune in Scorpio — May 9 to Jul 20, 1961 (72 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Virgo — May 9 to May 17, 1961 (8 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Aquarius — May 25 to Sep 23, 1961 (121 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Cancer — Jun 14 to Jul 8, 1961 (24 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 1961

Previous

1960 Ended September 15, 1960 after 141 days, moving back 6.61° through the zodiac.

Next

1962 Begins May 21, 1962 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 1961

Saturn through the zodiac in 1961

Every sign Saturn occupies during 1961, 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 Capricorn From Jan 1 – Dec 31 and beyond

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

1961 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1961

Mars in Cancer Nov 20, 1960 – Feb 6, 1961 · 77 days
Uranus in Leo Dec 1, 1960 – Apr 29, 1961 · 149 days
Pluto in Virgo Dec 10, 1960 – May 17, 1961 · 158 days
Neptune in Scorpio Feb 11, 1961 – Jul 20, 1961 · 159 days
Mercury in Pisces Feb 12, 1961 – Mar 6, 1961 · 22 days
Venus in Aries Mar 20, 1961 – May 2, 1961 · 42 days
Jupiter in Aquarius May 25, 1961 – Sep 23, 1961 · 121 days
Mercury in Cancer Jun 14, 1961 – Jul 8, 1961 · 24 days
Mercury in Scorpio Oct 10, 1961 – Oct 31, 1961 · 21 days
Uranus in Virgo Dec 6, 1961 – May 4, 1962 · 149 days
Pluto in Virgo Dec 12, 1961 – May 19, 1962 · 158 days
← 1960 Saturn retrograde in 1960. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1962 → Saturn retrograde in 1962.

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