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Saturn retrograde 1987

Saturn retrograde 1987: 1 period, 141 days inside the year — 38.7% of 1987. Saturn turned retrograde at 4:42 AM UTC on March 31 at 21°09′ Sagittarius and turned direct at 8:53 AM UTC on August 19 at 14°31′ Sagittarius.

Turns retrograde
Mar 31 4:42 AM UTC
Turns direct
Aug 19 8:53 AM UTC
Retrograde in 1987
141 days 38.7% of the year
Sign
Sagittarius retreats 6.63°
Saturn Retrograde 1987 Dates: Mar 31 – Aug 19

Saturn’s path through 1987, day by day

Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1987
Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1987. Saturn starts 1987 at 15°12′ Sagittarius and ends it at 25°17′ Sagittarius — 10.1° of net progress: 16.7° forward, 6.6° given back. The loop retraces 6.63° in 141 days, from 21°09′ Sagittarius on Mar 31 back to 14°32′ Sagittarius on Aug 19. Fastest day: Dec 19, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Jun 7, 0.074°. Counting the shadows, 328 days of 1987 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 24, 1986 – Mar 31, 1987Post-retrograde shadow: Aug 19, 1987 – Nov 25, 1987Retrograde: Mar 31, 1987 – Aug 19, 198714° Sagittarius16° Sagittarius18° Sagittarius20° Sagittarius22° Sagittarius24° Sagittarius26° SagittariusStations retrograde Mar 31, 1987, 4:42 AM UTC, 21°09′ SagittariusR Mar 31Stations direct Aug 19, 1987, 8:53 AM UTC, 14°31′ SagittariusD Aug 19JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1987. Saturn starts 1987 at 15°12′ Sagittarius and ends it at 25°17′ Sagittarius — 10.1° of net progress: 16.7° forward, 6.6° given back. The loop retraces 6.63° in 141 days, from 21°09′ Sagittarius on Mar 31 back to 14°32′ Sagittarius on Aug 19. Fastest day: Dec 19, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Jun 7, 0.074°. Counting the shadows, 328 days of 1987 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 24, 1986 – Mar 31, 1987Post-retrograde shadow: Aug 19, 1987 – Nov 25, 1987Retrograde: Mar 31, 1987 – Aug 19, 198714° Sagittarius24° Sagittarius26° SagittariusStations retrograde Mar 31, 1987, 4:42 AM UTC, 21°09′ SagittariusR Mar 31Stations direct Aug 19, 1987, 8:53 AM UTC, 14°31′ SagittariusD Aug 19JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Saturn starts 1987 at 15°12′ Sagittarius and ends it at 25°17′ Sagittarius — 10.1° of net progress: 16.7° forward, 6.6° given back. The loop retraces 6.63° in 141 days, from 21°09′ Sagittarius on Mar 31 back to 14°32′ Sagittarius on Aug 19. Fastest day: Dec 19, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Jun 7, 0.074°. Counting the shadows, 328 days of 1987 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Saturn retrograde 1987: exact times in your city

Saturn turned retrograde at 4:42 AM UTC on March 31, 1987 at 21°09′ Sagittarius — 1:42 AM in Santiago, 11:42 PM on March 30 in New York, 5:42 AM in London and 1:42 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Tue, Mar 31 · 21°09′ Sagittarius Wed, Aug 19 · 14°31′ Sagittarius
Honolulu United States 6:42 PM Mon, Mar 30 · UTC−10 10:53 PM Tue, Aug 18 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 7:42 PM Mon, Mar 30 · UTC−9 12:53 AM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC−8
Los Angeles United States 8:42 PM Mon, Mar 30 · UTC−8 1:53 AM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 9:42 PM Mon, Mar 30 · UTC−7 1:53 AM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC−7
Denver United States 9:42 PM Mon, Mar 30 · UTC−7 2:53 AM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 10:42 PM Mon, Mar 30 · UTC−6 3:53 AM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 10:42 PM Mon, Mar 30 · UTC−6 2:53 AM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC−6
New York United States 11:42 PM Mon, Mar 30 · UTC−5 4:53 AM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 11:42 PM Mon, Mar 30 · UTC−5 4:53 AM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 11:42 PM Mon, Mar 30 · UTC−5 3:53 AM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 12:42 AM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC−4 3:53 AM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 12:42 AM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC−4 4:53 AM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 1:42 AM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC−3 4:53 AM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 1:42 AM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC−3 5:53 AM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 1:42 AM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC−3 5:53 AM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 4:42 AM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC 8:53 AM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC
London United Kingdom 5:42 AM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC+1 9:53 AM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 5:42 AM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC+1 9:53 AM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC+1
Paris France 6:42 AM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC+2 10:53 AM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 6:42 AM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC+2 10:53 AM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 6:42 AM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC+2 10:53 AM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 6:42 AM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC+2 11:53 AM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 7:42 AM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC+3 11:53 AM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 7:42 AM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC+3 11:53 AM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 8:42 AM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC+4 12:53 PM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC+4
Nairobi Kenya 7:42 AM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC+3 11:53 AM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 8:12 AM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC+3:30 12:23 PM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 8:42 AM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC+4 12:53 PM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 9:42 AM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC+5 1:53 PM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 10:12 AM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC+5:30 2:23 PM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 10:27 AM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC+5:45 2:38 PM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 10:42 AM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC+6 2:53 PM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 11:42 AM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC+7 3:53 PM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 11:42 AM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC+7 3:53 PM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC+7
Singapore 12:42 PM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC+8 4:53 PM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC+8
Beijing China 12:42 PM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC+8 5:53 PM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC+9
Manila Philippines 12:42 PM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC+8 4:53 PM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 12:42 PM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC+8 4:53 PM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 1:42 PM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC+9 6:53 PM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC+10
Tokyo Japan 1:42 PM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC+9 5:53 PM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 2:12 PM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC+9:30 6:23 PM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 2:42 PM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC+10 6:53 PM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 2:42 PM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC+10 6:53 PM Wed, Aug 19 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 4:42 PM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC+12 8:53 PM Wed, Aug 19 · 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.

141 days · retreats 6.63°

March 31 → August 19, 1987 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde Mar 31, 1987, 4:42 AM UTC at 21°09′ Sagittarius
Stations direct Aug 19, 1987, 8:53 AM UTC at 14°31′ Sagittarius
Shadow opens Dec 24, 1986, 12:14 PM UTC (97 days before)
Shadow closes Nov 25, 1987, 7:10 AM UTC (98 days after)
Full window including shadows 336 days

It begins in Aries season and ends in Leo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Pluto in Scorpio — Mar 31 to Jul 18, 1987 (109 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Sagittarius — Apr 1 to Aug 19, 1987 (140 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Capricorn — Apr 10 to Aug 19, 1987 (131 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Cancer — Jun 21 to Jul 15, 1987 (24 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1987

Previous

1986 Ended August 7, 1986 after 141 days, moving back 6.64° through the zodiac.

Next

1988 Begins April 11, 1988 and runs 141 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 1987

Saturn through the zodiac in 1987

Every sign Saturn occupies during 1987, 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 Sagittarius From Jan 1 – Dec 31 and beyond

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

1987 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1987

Pluto in Scorpio Feb 11, 1987 – Jul 18, 1987 · 157 days
Mercury in Pisces Feb 18, 1987 – Mar 12, 1987 · 22 days
Uranus in Sagittarius Apr 1, 1987 – Sep 1, 1987 · 153 days
Neptune in Capricorn Apr 10, 1987 – Sep 17, 1987 · 160 days
Mercury in Cancer Jun 21, 1987 – Jul 15, 1987 · 24 days
Jupiter in Aries Aug 19, 1987 – Dec 15, 1987 · 118 days
Mercury in Scorpio Oct 16, 1987 – Nov 6, 1987 · 21 days
← 1986 Saturn retrograde in 1986. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1988 → Saturn retrograde in 1988.

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