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Saturn retrograde 1983

Saturn retrograde 1983: 1 period, 139 days inside the year — 38.1% of 1983. Saturn turned retrograde at 11:17 AM UTC on February 12 at 4°26′ Scorpio and turned direct at 12:31 PM UTC on July 1 at 27°43′ Libra.

Turns retrograde
Feb 12 11:17 AM UTC
Turns direct
Jul 1 12:31 PM UTC
Retrograde in 1983
139 days 38.1% of the year
Sign
Scorpio retreats 6.71°
Saturn Retrograde 1983 Dates: Feb 12 – Jul 1

Saturn’s path through 1983, day by day

Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1983
Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1983. Saturn starts 1983 at 2°39′ Scorpio and ends it at 13°43′ Scorpio — 11.1° of net progress: 17.8° forward, 6.7° given back. The loop retraces 6.71° in 139 days, from 4°26′ Scorpio on Feb 12 back to 27°43′ Libra on Jul 1. Fastest day: Nov 1, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Apr 21, 0.076°. Counting the shadows, 321 days of 1983 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 9, 1982 – Feb 12, 1983Post-retrograde shadow: Jul 1, 1983 – Oct 7, 1983Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 20, 1983 – Feb 24, 1984Retrograde: Feb 12, 1983 – Jul 1, 19830° Scorpio5° Scorpio10° Scorpio15° ScorpioStations retrograde Feb 12, 1983, 11:17 AM UTC, 4°26′ ScorpioR Feb 12Stations direct Jul 1, 1983, 12:31 PM UTC, 27°43′ LibraD Jul 1JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1983. Saturn starts 1983 at 2°39′ Scorpio and ends it at 13°43′ Scorpio — 11.1° of net progress: 17.8° forward, 6.7° given back. The loop retraces 6.71° in 139 days, from 4°26′ Scorpio on Feb 12 back to 27°43′ Libra on Jul 1. Fastest day: Nov 1, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Apr 21, 0.076°. Counting the shadows, 321 days of 1983 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 9, 1982 – Feb 12, 1983Post-retrograde shadow: Jul 1, 1983 – Oct 7, 1983Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 20, 1983 – Feb 24, 1984Retrograde: Feb 12, 1983 – Jul 1, 19830° Scorpio10° Scorpio15° ScorpioStations retrograde Feb 12, 1983, 11:17 AM UTC, 4°26′ ScorpioR Feb 12Stations direct Jul 1, 1983, 12:31 PM UTC, 27°43′ LibraD Jul 1JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Saturn starts 1983 at 2°39′ Scorpio and ends it at 13°43′ Scorpio — 11.1° of net progress: 17.8° forward, 6.7° given back. The loop retraces 6.71° in 139 days, from 4°26′ Scorpio on Feb 12 back to 27°43′ Libra on Jul 1. Fastest day: Nov 1, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Apr 21, 0.076°. Counting the shadows, 321 days of 1983 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Saturn retrograde 1983: exact times in your city

Saturn turned retrograde at 11:17 AM UTC on February 12, 1983 at 4°26′ Scorpio — 8:17 AM in Santiago, 6:17 AM in New York, 11:17 AM in London and 8:17 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Sat, Feb 12 · 4°26′ Scorpio Fri, Jul 1 · 27°43′ Libra
Honolulu United States 1:17 AM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC−10 2:31 AM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 1:17 AM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC−10 3:31 AM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC−9
Los Angeles United States 3:17 AM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC−8 5:31 AM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 4:17 AM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC−7 5:31 AM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC−7
Denver United States 4:17 AM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC−7 6:31 AM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 5:17 AM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC−6 7:31 AM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 5:17 AM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC−6 6:31 AM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC−6
New York United States 6:17 AM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC−5 8:31 AM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 6:17 AM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC−5 8:31 AM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 6:17 AM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC−5 7:31 AM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 6:17 AM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC−5 7:31 AM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 7:17 AM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC−4 8:31 AM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 8:17 AM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC−3 8:31 AM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 8:17 AM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC−3 9:31 AM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 8:17 AM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC−3 9:31 AM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 11:17 AM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC 12:31 PM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC
London United Kingdom 11:17 AM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC 1:31 PM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 12:17 PM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC+1 1:31 PM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC+1
Paris France 12:17 PM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC+1 2:31 PM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 12:17 PM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC+1 2:31 PM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 1:17 PM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC+2 2:31 PM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 1:17 PM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC+2 2:31 PM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 1:17 PM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC+2 3:31 PM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 2:17 PM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC+3 3:31 PM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 2:17 PM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC+3 4:31 PM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC+4
Nairobi Kenya 2:17 PM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC+3 3:31 PM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 2:47 PM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC+3:30 4:01 PM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 3:17 PM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC+4 4:31 PM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 4:17 PM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC+5 5:31 PM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 4:47 PM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC+5:30 6:01 PM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 4:47 PM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC+5:30 6:01 PM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 5:17 PM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC+6 6:31 PM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 6:17 PM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC+7 7:31 PM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 6:17 PM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC+7 7:31 PM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC+7
Singapore 7:17 PM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC+8 8:31 PM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC+8
Beijing China 7:17 PM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC+8 8:31 PM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 7:17 PM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC+8 8:31 PM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 7:17 PM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC+8 8:31 PM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 8:17 PM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC+9 9:31 PM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 8:17 PM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC+9 9:31 PM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 9:47 PM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC+10:30 10:01 PM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 9:17 PM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC+10 10:31 PM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 10:17 PM Sat, Feb 12 · UTC+11 10:31 PM Fri, Jul 1 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 12:17 AM Sun, Feb 13 · UTC+13 12:31 AM Sat, Jul 2 · 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.

139 days · retreats 6.71°

February 12 → July 1, 1983 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde Feb 12, 1983, 11:17 AM UTC at 4°26′ Scorpio
Stations direct Jul 1, 1983, 12:31 PM UTC at 27°43′ Libra
Shadow opens Nov 9, 1982, 2:58 AM UTC (95 days before)
Shadow closes Oct 7, 1983, 5:07 PM UTC (98 days after)
Full window including shadows 333 days

It begins in Aquarius season and ends in Cancer season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Pluto in Libra — Feb 12 to Jul 1, 1983 (139 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Sagittarius — Mar 14 to Jul 1, 1983 (109 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Sagittarius — Mar 27 to Jul 1, 1983 (96 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Sagittarius — Apr 1 to Jul 1, 1983 (91 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Taurus — May 1 to May 25, 1983 (24 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1983

Previous

1982 Ended June 18, 1982 after 138 days, moving back 6.75° through the zodiac.

Next

1984 Begins February 24, 1984 and runs 140 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 1983

Saturn through the zodiac in 1983

Every sign Saturn occupies during 1983, 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 Scorpio From Jan 1 – May 6
Saturn in Libra May 6 – Aug 24
Saturn in Scorpio Aug 24 – Dec 31 and beyond

3 segments in 1983. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1983 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1983

Mercury in Aquarius Jan 7, 1983 – Jan 27, 1983 · 20 days
Pluto in Libra Feb 1, 1983 – Jul 7, 1983 · 156 days
Uranus in Sagittarius Mar 14, 1983 – Aug 14, 1983 · 153 days
Jupiter in Sagittarius Mar 27, 1983 – Jul 29, 1983 · 123 days
Neptune in Sagittarius Apr 1, 1983 – Sep 8, 1983 · 160 days
Mercury in Taurus May 1, 1983 – May 25, 1983 · 24 days
Venus in Virgo Aug 3, 1983 – Sep 15, 1983 · 43 days
Mercury in Libra Sep 2, 1983 – Sep 24, 1983 · 23 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 22, 1983 – Jan 11, 1984 · 20 days
← 1982 Saturn retrograde in 1982. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1984 → Saturn retrograde in 1984.

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