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Saturn retrograde 1979

Saturn retrograde 1979: 1 period, 129 days inside the year — 35.2% of 1979. Saturn turned direct at 2:53 PM UTC on May 9 at 7°04′ Virgo.

Turns direct
May 9 2:53 PM UTC
Retrograde in 1979
129 days 35.2% of the year
Sign
Virgo retreats 6.86°
Saturn Retrograde 1979 Dates: Until May 9

Saturn’s path through 1979, day by day

Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1979
Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1979. Saturn starts 1979 at 13°35′ Virgo and ends it at 26°42′ Virgo — 13.1° of net progress: 19.9° forward, 6.8° given back. The loop retraces 6.86° in 136 days, from 13°56′ Virgo on Dec 24 back to 7°04′ Virgo on May 9 1979. Fastest day: Sep 9, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Mar 1, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 314 days of 1979 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: May 9, 1979 – Aug 14, 1979Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 4, 1979 – Jan 6, 1980Retrograde: Dec 24, 1978 – May 9, 19795° Virgo10° Virgo15° Virgo20° Virgo25° VirgoStations direct May 9, 1979, 2:53 PM UTC, 7°04′ VirgoD May 9JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1979. Saturn starts 1979 at 13°35′ Virgo and ends it at 26°42′ Virgo — 13.1° of net progress: 19.9° forward, 6.8° given back. The loop retraces 6.86° in 136 days, from 13°56′ Virgo on Dec 24 back to 7°04′ Virgo on May 9 1979. Fastest day: Sep 9, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Mar 1, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 314 days of 1979 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: May 9, 1979 – Aug 14, 1979Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 4, 1979 – Jan 6, 1980Retrograde: Dec 24, 1978 – May 9, 19795° Virgo10° Virgo15° Virgo20° Virgo25° VirgoStations direct May 9, 1979, 2:53 PM UTC, 7°04′ VirgoD May 9JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Saturn starts 1979 at 13°35′ Virgo and ends it at 26°42′ Virgo — 13.1° of net progress: 19.9° forward, 6.8° given back. The loop retraces 6.86° in 136 days, from 13°56′ Virgo on Dec 24 back to 7°04′ Virgo on May 9 1979. Fastest day: Sep 9, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Mar 1, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 314 days of 1979 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Saturn retrograde 1979: exact times in your city

Saturn turned direct at 2:53 PM UTC on May 9, 1979 at 7°04′ Virgo — 10:53 AM in Santiago, 10:53 AM in New York, 3:53 PM in London and 11:53 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns direct
UTC Wed, May 9 · 7°04′ Virgo
Honolulu United States 4:53 AM Wed, May 9 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 5:53 AM Wed, May 9 · UTC−9
Los Angeles United States 7:53 AM Wed, May 9 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 7:53 AM Wed, May 9 · UTC−7
Denver United States 8:53 AM Wed, May 9 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 9:53 AM Wed, May 9 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 8:53 AM Wed, May 9 · UTC−6
New York United States 10:53 AM Wed, May 9 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 10:53 AM Wed, May 9 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 9:53 AM Wed, May 9 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 9:53 AM Wed, May 9 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 10:53 AM Wed, May 9 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 10:53 AM Wed, May 9 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 11:53 AM Wed, May 9 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 11:53 AM Wed, May 9 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 2:53 PM Wed, May 9 · UTC
London United Kingdom 3:53 PM Wed, May 9 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 3:53 PM Wed, May 9 · UTC+1
Paris France 4:53 PM Wed, May 9 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 3:53 PM Wed, May 9 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 4:53 PM Wed, May 9 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 5:53 PM Wed, May 9 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 5:53 PM Wed, May 9 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 5:53 PM Wed, May 9 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 5:53 PM Wed, May 9 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 5:53 PM Wed, May 9 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 6:23 PM Wed, May 9 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 6:53 PM Wed, May 9 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 7:53 PM Wed, May 9 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 8:23 PM Wed, May 9 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 8:23 PM Wed, May 9 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 8:53 PM Wed, May 9 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 9:53 PM Wed, May 9 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 9:53 PM Wed, May 9 · UTC+7
Singapore 10:23 PM Wed, May 9 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 10:53 PM Wed, May 9 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 10:53 PM Wed, May 9 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 10:53 PM Wed, May 9 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 11:53 PM Wed, May 9 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 11:53 PM Wed, May 9 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 12:23 AM Thu, May 10 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 12:53 AM Thu, May 10 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 12:53 AM Thu, May 10 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 2:53 AM Thu, May 10 · 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.

136 days · retreats 6.86° · crosses the year boundary

December 24, 1978 → May 9, 1979 in Virgo

Stations retrograde Dec 24, 1978, 9:12 PM UTC at 13°56′ Virgo
Stations direct May 9, 1979, 2:53 PM UTC at 7°04′ Virgo
Shadow opens Sep 21, 1978, 9:58 AM UTC (94 days before)
Shadow closes Aug 14, 1979, 5:02 PM UTC (97 days after)
Full window including shadows 327 days

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Taurus season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Leo — Dec 24 to Mar 26, 1979 (91 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Libra — Jan 21 to May 9, 1979 (108 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Scorpio — Feb 24 to May 9, 1979 (74 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aries — Mar 15 to Apr 7, 1979 (23 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Sagittarius — Mar 23 to May 9, 1979 (47 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1979

Previous

1978 Ended April 25, 1978 after 135 days, moving back 6.9° through the zodiac.

Next

1980 Begins January 6, 1980 and runs 137 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 1979

Saturn through the zodiac in 1979

Every sign Saturn occupies during 1979, 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 Virgo From Jan 1 – Dec 31 and beyond

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

1979 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1979

Jupiter in Leo Nov 25, 1978 – Mar 26, 1979 · 120 days
Pluto in Libra Jan 21, 1979 – Jun 27, 1979 · 156 days
Uranus in Scorpio Feb 24, 1979 – Jul 26, 1979 · 152 days
Mercury in Aries Mar 15, 1979 – Apr 7, 1979 · 23 days
Neptune in Sagittarius Mar 23, 1979 – Aug 30, 1979 · 160 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 17, 1979 – Aug 11, 1979 · 24 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Nov 9, 1979 – Nov 29, 1979 · 20 days
Jupiter in Virgo Dec 26, 1979 – Apr 26, 1980 · 122 days
← 1978 Saturn retrograde in 1978. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1980 → Saturn retrograde in 1980.

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