Saturn retrograde 1979

1 period, 129 days inside the year — 35.2% of 1979. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

136 days · retreats 6.88° · crosses the year boundary

24 December → 9 May 1979 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 24 Dec 1978, 19:00 UTC at 14.25° Virgo

Stations direct 9 May 1979, 15:17 UTC at 7.37° Virgo

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1979

1978 Ended 9 February 1979 after 47 days, moving back 1.88° through the zodiac.

1980 Begins 6 January 1980 and runs 137 days.

Gap across 1979

0.9 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.

← 1978 Saturn retrograde in 1978. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1980 → Saturn retrograde in 1980.