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Saturn retrograde 1981

Saturn retrograde 1981: 1 period, 137 days inside the year — 37.6% of 1981. Saturn turned retrograde at 4:58 PM UTC on January 18 at 9°46′ Libra and turned direct at 2:12 AM UTC on June 5 at 3°00′ Libra.

Turns retrograde
Jan 18 4:58 PM UTC
Turns direct
Jun 5 2:12 AM UTC
Retrograde in 1981
137 days 37.6% of the year
Sign
Libra retreats 6.79°
Saturn Retrograde 1981 Dates: Jan 18 – Jun 5

Saturn’s path through 1981, day by day

Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1981
Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1981. Saturn starts 1981 at 9°14′ Libra and ends it at 21°11′ Libra — 12° of net progress: 18.7° forward, 6.8° given back. The loop retraces 6.79° in 137 days, from 9°47′ Libra on Jan 18 back to 2°59′ Libra on Jun 5. Fastest day: Oct 5, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Mar 26, 0.078°. Counting the shadows, 318 days of 1981 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 15, 1980 – Jan 18, 1981Post-retrograde shadow: Jun 5, 1981 – Sep 10, 1981Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 28, 1981 – Jan 31, 1982Retrograde: Jan 18, 1981 – Jun 5, 19815° Libra10° Libra15° Libra20° LibraStations retrograde Jan 18, 1981, 4:58 PM UTC, 9°46′ LibraR Jan 18Stations direct Jun 5, 1981, 2:12 AM UTC, 3°00′ LibraD Jun 5JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1981. Saturn starts 1981 at 9°14′ Libra and ends it at 21°11′ Libra — 12° of net progress: 18.7° forward, 6.8° given back. The loop retraces 6.79° in 137 days, from 9°47′ Libra on Jan 18 back to 2°59′ Libra on Jun 5. Fastest day: Oct 5, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Mar 26, 0.078°. Counting the shadows, 318 days of 1981 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 15, 1980 – Jan 18, 1981Post-retrograde shadow: Jun 5, 1981 – Sep 10, 1981Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 28, 1981 – Jan 31, 1982Retrograde: Jan 18, 1981 – Jun 5, 19815° Libra10° Libra15° Libra20° LibraStations retrograde Jan 18, 1981, 4:58 PM UTC, 9°46′ LibraR Jan 18Stations direct Jun 5, 1981, 2:12 AM UTC, 3°00′ LibraD Jun 5JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Saturn starts 1981 at 9°14′ Libra and ends it at 21°11′ Libra — 12° of net progress: 18.7° forward, 6.8° given back. The loop retraces 6.79° in 137 days, from 9°47′ Libra on Jan 18 back to 2°59′ Libra on Jun 5. Fastest day: Oct 5, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Mar 26, 0.078°. Counting the shadows, 318 days of 1981 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Saturn retrograde 1981: exact times in your city

Saturn turned retrograde at 4:58 PM UTC on January 18, 1981 at 9°46′ Libra — 1:58 PM in Santiago, 11:58 AM in New York, 4:58 PM in London and 1:58 AM on January 19 in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Sun, Jan 18 · 9°46′ Libra Fri, Jun 5 · 3°00′ Libra
Honolulu United States 6:58 AM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC−10 4:12 PM Thu, Jun 4 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 6:58 AM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC−10 5:12 PM Thu, Jun 4 · UTC−9
Los Angeles United States 8:58 AM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC−8 7:12 PM Thu, Jun 4 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 9:58 AM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC−7 7:12 PM Thu, Jun 4 · UTC−7
Denver United States 9:58 AM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC−7 8:12 PM Thu, Jun 4 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 10:58 AM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC−6 9:12 PM Thu, Jun 4 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 10:58 AM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC−6 8:12 PM Thu, Jun 4 · UTC−6
New York United States 11:58 AM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC−5 10:12 PM Thu, Jun 4 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 11:58 AM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC−5 10:12 PM Thu, Jun 4 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 11:58 AM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC−5 9:12 PM Thu, Jun 4 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 11:58 AM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC−5 9:12 PM Thu, Jun 4 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 12:58 PM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC−4 10:12 PM Thu, Jun 4 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 1:58 PM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC−3 10:12 PM Thu, Jun 4 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 1:58 PM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC−3 11:12 PM Thu, Jun 4 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 1:58 PM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC−3 11:12 PM Thu, Jun 4 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 4:58 PM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC 2:12 AM Fri, Jun 5 · UTC
London United Kingdom 4:58 PM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC 3:12 AM Fri, Jun 5 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 5:58 PM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC+1 3:12 AM Fri, Jun 5 · UTC+1
Paris France 5:58 PM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC+1 4:12 AM Fri, Jun 5 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 5:58 PM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC+1 4:12 AM Fri, Jun 5 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 6:58 PM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC+2 4:12 AM Fri, Jun 5 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 6:58 PM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC+2 5:12 AM Fri, Jun 5 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 6:58 PM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC+2 5:12 AM Fri, Jun 5 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 7:58 PM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC+3 5:12 AM Fri, Jun 5 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 7:58 PM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC+3 6:12 AM Fri, Jun 5 · UTC+4
Nairobi Kenya 7:58 PM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC+3 5:12 AM Fri, Jun 5 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 8:28 PM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC+3:30 5:42 AM Fri, Jun 5 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 8:58 PM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC+4 6:12 AM Fri, Jun 5 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 9:58 PM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC+5 7:12 AM Fri, Jun 5 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 10:28 PM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC+5:30 7:42 AM Fri, Jun 5 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 10:28 PM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC+5:30 7:42 AM Fri, Jun 5 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 10:58 PM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC+6 8:12 AM Fri, Jun 5 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 11:58 PM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC+7 9:12 AM Fri, Jun 5 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 11:58 PM Sun, Jan 18 · UTC+7 9:12 AM Fri, Jun 5 · UTC+7
Singapore 12:28 AM Mon, Jan 19 · UTC+7:30 9:42 AM Fri, Jun 5 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 12:58 AM Mon, Jan 19 · UTC+8 10:12 AM Fri, Jun 5 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 12:58 AM Mon, Jan 19 · UTC+8 10:12 AM Fri, Jun 5 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 12:58 AM Mon, Jan 19 · UTC+8 10:12 AM Fri, Jun 5 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 1:58 AM Mon, Jan 19 · UTC+9 11:12 AM Fri, Jun 5 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 1:58 AM Mon, Jan 19 · UTC+9 11:12 AM Fri, Jun 5 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 3:28 AM Mon, Jan 19 · UTC+10:30 11:42 AM Fri, Jun 5 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 2:58 AM Mon, Jan 19 · UTC+10 12:12 PM Fri, Jun 5 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 3:58 AM Mon, Jan 19 · UTC+11 12:12 PM Fri, Jun 5 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 5:58 AM Mon, Jan 19 · UTC+13 2:12 PM Fri, Jun 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.

137 days · retreats 6.79°

January 18 → June 5, 1981 in Libra

Stations retrograde Jan 18, 1981, 4:58 PM UTC at 9°46′ Libra
Stations direct Jun 5, 1981, 2:12 AM UTC at 3°00′ Libra
Shadow opens Oct 15, 1980, 8:57 PM UTC (95 days before)
Shadow closes Sep 10, 1981, 11:09 PM UTC (98 days after)
Full window including shadows 330 days

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Gemini season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Libra — Jan 24 to May 27, 1981 (123 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Libra — Jan 26 to Jun 5, 1981 (130 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Pisces — Feb 8 to Mar 2, 1981 (22 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Sagittarius — Mar 5 to Jun 5, 1981 (92 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Sagittarius — Mar 27 to Jun 5, 1981 (70 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1981

Previous

1980 Ended May 22, 1980 after 137 days, moving back 6.83° through the zodiac.

Next

1982 Begins January 31, 1982 and runs 138 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 1981

Saturn through the zodiac in 1981

Every sign Saturn occupies during 1981, 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 Libra From Jan 1 – Dec 31 and beyond

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

1981 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1981

Jupiter in Libra Jan 24, 1981 – May 27, 1981 · 123 days
Pluto in Libra Jan 26, 1981 – Jul 1, 1981 · 156 days
Mercury in Pisces Feb 8, 1981 – Mar 2, 1981 · 22 days
Uranus in Sagittarius Mar 5, 1981 – Aug 4, 1981 · 152 days
Neptune in Sagittarius Mar 27, 1981 – Sep 3, 1981 · 160 days
Mercury in Cancer Jun 9, 1981 – Jul 3, 1981 · 24 days
Mercury in Scorpio Oct 6, 1981 – Oct 27, 1981 · 21 days
Venus in Aquarius Dec 31, 1981 – Feb 10, 1982 · 41 days
← 1980 Saturn retrograde in 1980. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1982 → Saturn retrograde in 1982.

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