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Saturn retrograde 1980

Saturn retrograde 1980: 1 period, 137 days inside the year — 37.3% of 1980. Saturn turned retrograde at 10:42 PM UTC on January 6 at 27°01′ Virgo and turned direct at 11:50 AM UTC on May 22 at 20°11′ Virgo.

Turns retrograde
Jan 6 10:42 PM UTC
Turns direct
May 22 11:50 AM UTC
Retrograde in 1980
137 days 37.3% of the year
Sign
Virgo retreats 6.83°
Saturn Retrograde 1980 Dates: Jan 6 – May 22

Saturn’s path through 1980, day by day

Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1980
Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1980. Saturn starts 1980 at 26°42′ Virgo and ends it at 9°14′ Libra — 12.5° of net progress: 19.3° forward, 6.8° given back. The loop retraces 6.83° in 137 days, from 27°01′ Virgo on Jan 6 back to 20°11′ Virgo on May 22. Fastest day: Sep 20, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Mar 13, 0.079°. Counting the shadows, 317 days of 1980 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 4, 1979 – Jan 6, 1980Post-retrograde shadow: May 22, 1980 – Aug 28, 1980Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 15, 1980 – Jan 18, 1981Retrograde: Jan 6, 1980 – May 22, 198020° Virgo25° Virgo0° Libra5° Libra10° LibraStations retrograde Jan 6, 1980, 10:42 PM UTC, 27°01′ VirgoR Jan 6Stations direct May 22, 1980, 11:50 AM UTC, 20°11′ VirgoD May 22JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1980. Saturn starts 1980 at 26°42′ Virgo and ends it at 9°14′ Libra — 12.5° of net progress: 19.3° forward, 6.8° given back. The loop retraces 6.83° in 137 days, from 27°01′ Virgo on Jan 6 back to 20°11′ Virgo on May 22. Fastest day: Sep 20, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Mar 13, 0.079°. Counting the shadows, 317 days of 1980 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 4, 1979 – Jan 6, 1980Post-retrograde shadow: May 22, 1980 – Aug 28, 1980Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 15, 1980 – Jan 18, 1981Retrograde: Jan 6, 1980 – May 22, 198020° Virgo25° Virgo0° Libra5° Libra10° LibraStations retrograde Jan 6, 1980, 10:42 PM UTC, 27°01′ VirgoR Jan 6Stations direct May 22, 1980, 11:50 AM UTC, 20°11′ VirgoD May 22JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Saturn starts 1980 at 26°42′ Virgo and ends it at 9°14′ Libra — 12.5° of net progress: 19.3° forward, 6.8° given back. The loop retraces 6.83° in 137 days, from 27°01′ Virgo on Jan 6 back to 20°11′ Virgo on May 22. Fastest day: Sep 20, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Mar 13, 0.079°. Counting the shadows, 317 days of 1980 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Saturn retrograde 1980: exact times in your city

Saturn turned retrograde at 10:42 PM UTC on January 6, 1980 at 27°01′ Virgo — 7:42 PM in Santiago, 5:42 PM in New York, 10:42 PM in London and 7:42 AM on January 7 in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Sun, Jan 6 · 27°01′ Virgo Thu, May 22 · 20°11′ Virgo
Honolulu United States 12:42 PM Sun, Jan 6 · UTC−10 1:50 AM Thu, May 22 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 12:42 PM Sun, Jan 6 · UTC−10 2:50 AM Thu, May 22 · UTC−9
Los Angeles United States 2:42 PM Sun, Jan 6 · UTC−8 4:50 AM Thu, May 22 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 3:42 PM Sun, Jan 6 · UTC−7 4:50 AM Thu, May 22 · UTC−7
Denver United States 3:42 PM Sun, Jan 6 · UTC−7 5:50 AM Thu, May 22 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 4:42 PM Sun, Jan 6 · UTC−6 6:50 AM Thu, May 22 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 4:42 PM Sun, Jan 6 · UTC−6 5:50 AM Thu, May 22 · UTC−6
New York United States 5:42 PM Sun, Jan 6 · UTC−5 7:50 AM Thu, May 22 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 5:42 PM Sun, Jan 6 · UTC−5 7:50 AM Thu, May 22 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 5:42 PM Sun, Jan 6 · UTC−5 6:50 AM Thu, May 22 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 5:42 PM Sun, Jan 6 · UTC−5 6:50 AM Thu, May 22 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 6:42 PM Sun, Jan 6 · UTC−4 7:50 AM Thu, May 22 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 7:42 PM Sun, Jan 6 · UTC−3 7:50 AM Thu, May 22 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 7:42 PM Sun, Jan 6 · UTC−3 8:50 AM Thu, May 22 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 7:42 PM Sun, Jan 6 · UTC−3 8:50 AM Thu, May 22 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 10:42 PM Sun, Jan 6 · UTC 11:50 AM Thu, May 22 · UTC
London United Kingdom 10:42 PM Sun, Jan 6 · UTC 12:50 PM Thu, May 22 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 11:42 PM Sun, Jan 6 · UTC+1 12:50 PM Thu, May 22 · UTC+1
Paris France 11:42 PM Sun, Jan 6 · UTC+1 1:50 PM Thu, May 22 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 11:42 PM Sun, Jan 6 · UTC+1 1:50 PM Thu, May 22 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 12:42 AM Mon, Jan 7 · UTC+2 1:50 PM Thu, May 22 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 12:42 AM Mon, Jan 7 · UTC+2 2:50 PM Thu, May 22 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 12:42 AM Mon, Jan 7 · UTC+2 2:50 PM Thu, May 22 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 1:42 AM Mon, Jan 7 · UTC+3 2:50 PM Thu, May 22 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 1:42 AM Mon, Jan 7 · UTC+3 2:50 PM Thu, May 22 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 1:42 AM Mon, Jan 7 · UTC+3 2:50 PM Thu, May 22 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 2:12 AM Mon, Jan 7 · UTC+3:30 4:20 PM Thu, May 22 · UTC+4:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 2:42 AM Mon, Jan 7 · UTC+4 3:50 PM Thu, May 22 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 3:42 AM Mon, Jan 7 · UTC+5 4:50 PM Thu, May 22 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 4:12 AM Mon, Jan 7 · UTC+5:30 5:20 PM Thu, May 22 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 4:12 AM Mon, Jan 7 · UTC+5:30 5:20 PM Thu, May 22 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 4:42 AM Mon, Jan 7 · UTC+6 5:50 PM Thu, May 22 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 5:42 AM Mon, Jan 7 · UTC+7 6:50 PM Thu, May 22 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 5:42 AM Mon, Jan 7 · UTC+7 6:50 PM Thu, May 22 · UTC+7
Singapore 6:12 AM Mon, Jan 7 · UTC+7:30 7:20 PM Thu, May 22 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 6:42 AM Mon, Jan 7 · UTC+8 7:50 PM Thu, May 22 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 6:42 AM Mon, Jan 7 · UTC+8 7:50 PM Thu, May 22 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 6:42 AM Mon, Jan 7 · UTC+8 7:50 PM Thu, May 22 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 7:42 AM Mon, Jan 7 · UTC+9 8:50 PM Thu, May 22 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 7:42 AM Mon, Jan 7 · UTC+9 8:50 PM Thu, May 22 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 9:12 AM Mon, Jan 7 · UTC+10:30 9:20 PM Thu, May 22 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 8:42 AM Mon, Jan 7 · UTC+10 9:50 PM Thu, May 22 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 9:42 AM Mon, Jan 7 · UTC+11 9:50 PM Thu, May 22 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 11:42 AM Mon, Jan 7 · UTC+13 11:50 PM Thu, May 22 · 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.

137 days · retreats 6.83°

January 6 → May 22, 1980 in Virgo

Stations retrograde Jan 6, 1980, 10:42 PM UTC at 27°01′ Virgo
Stations direct May 22, 1980, 11:50 AM UTC at 20°11′ Virgo
Shadow opens Oct 4, 1979, 7:50 AM UTC (95 days before)
Shadow closes Aug 28, 1980, 12:25 AM UTC (98 days after)
Full window including shadows 329 days

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Gemini season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Virgo — Jan 6 to Apr 26, 1980 (110 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Virgo — Jan 16 to Apr 6, 1980 (81 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Libra — Jan 24 to May 22, 1980 (119 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Pisces — Feb 26 to Mar 19, 1980 (23 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Scorpio — Feb 29 to May 22, 1980 (83 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Sagittarius — Mar 24 to May 22, 1980 (59 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 1980

Previous

1979 Ended May 9, 1979 after 136 days, moving back 6.86° through the zodiac.

Next

1981 Begins January 18, 1981 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 1980

Saturn through the zodiac in 1980

Every sign Saturn occupies during 1980, 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 – Sep 21
Saturn in Libra Sep 21 – Dec 31 and beyond

2 segments in 1980. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1980 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1980

Jupiter in Virgo Dec 26, 1979 – Apr 26, 1980 · 122 days
Mars in Virgo Jan 16, 1980 – Apr 6, 1980 · 81 days
Pluto in Libra Jan 24, 1980 – Jun 28, 1980 · 156 days
Mercury in Pisces Feb 26, 1980 – Mar 19, 1980 · 23 days
Uranus in Scorpio Feb 29, 1980 – Jul 30, 1980 · 152 days
Neptune in Sagittarius Mar 24, 1980 – Aug 31, 1980 · 160 days
Venus in Cancer May 24, 1980 – Jul 6, 1980 · 43 days
Mercury in Cancer Jun 28, 1980 – Jul 22, 1980 · 24 days
Mercury in Scorpio Oct 23, 1980 – Nov 12, 1980 · 20 days
← 1979 Saturn retrograde in 1979. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1981 → Saturn retrograde in 1981.

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