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Saturn retrograde 1998

Saturn retrograde 1998: 1 period, 136 days inside the year — 37.2% of 1998. Saturn turned retrograde at 7:09 PM UTC on August 15 at 3°37′ Taurus and turned direct at 3:45 PM UTC on December 29 at 26°46′ Aries.

Turns retrograde
Aug 15 7:09 PM UTC
Turns direct
Dec 29 3:45 PM UTC
Retrograde in 1998
136 days 37.2% of the year
Sign
Taurus retreats 6.86°
Saturn Retrograde 1998 Dates: Aug 15 – Dec 29

Saturn’s path through 1998, day by day

Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1998
Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1998. Saturn starts 1998 at 13°45′ Aries and ends it at 26°46′ Aries — 13° of net progress: 19.9° forward, 6.9° given back. The loop retraces 6.86° in 136 days, from 3°37′ Taurus on Aug 15 back to 26°46′ Aries on Dec 29. Fastest day: Apr 11, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Oct 7, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 314 days of 1998 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 16, 1997 – Mar 20, 1998Pre-retrograde shadow: May 10, 1998 – Aug 15, 1998Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 29, 1998 – Apr 2, 1999Retrograde: Aug 15, 1998 – Dec 29, 199815° Aries20° Aries25° Aries0° Taurus5° TaurusStations retrograde Aug 15, 1998, 7:09 PM UTC, 3°37′ TaurusR Aug 15Stations direct Dec 29, 1998, 3:45 PM UTC, 26°46′ AriesD Dec 29JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 1998. Saturn starts 1998 at 13°45′ Aries and ends it at 26°46′ Aries — 13° of net progress: 19.9° forward, 6.9° given back. The loop retraces 6.86° in 136 days, from 3°37′ Taurus on Aug 15 back to 26°46′ Aries on Dec 29. Fastest day: Apr 11, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Oct 7, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 314 days of 1998 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 16, 1997 – Mar 20, 1998Pre-retrograde shadow: May 10, 1998 – Aug 15, 1998Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 29, 1998 – Apr 2, 1999Retrograde: Aug 15, 1998 – Dec 29, 199815° Aries20° Aries25° Aries0° Taurus5° TaurusStations retrograde Aug 15, 1998, 7:09 PM UTC, 3°37′ TaurusR Aug 15Stations direct Dec 29, 1998, 3:45 PM UTC, 26°46′ AriesD Dec 29JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Saturn starts 1998 at 13°45′ Aries and ends it at 26°46′ Aries — 13° of net progress: 19.9° forward, 6.9° given back. The loop retraces 6.86° in 136 days, from 3°37′ Taurus on Aug 15 back to 26°46′ Aries on Dec 29. Fastest day: Apr 11, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Oct 7, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 314 days of 1998 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Saturn retrograde 1998: exact times in your city

Saturn turned retrograde at 7:09 PM UTC on August 15, 1998 at 3°37′ Taurus — 3:09 PM in Santiago, 3:09 PM in New York, 8:09 PM in London and 4:09 AM on August 16 in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Sat, Aug 15 · 3°37′ Taurus Tue, Dec 29 · 26°46′ Aries
Honolulu United States 9:09 AM Sat, Aug 15 · UTC−10 5:45 AM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 11:09 AM Sat, Aug 15 · UTC−8 6:45 AM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC−9
Los Angeles United States 12:09 PM Sat, Aug 15 · UTC−7 7:45 AM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 12:09 PM Sat, Aug 15 · UTC−7 8:45 AM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC−7
Denver United States 1:09 PM Sat, Aug 15 · UTC−6 8:45 AM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 2:09 PM Sat, Aug 15 · UTC−5 9:45 AM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC−6
Mexico City Mexico 2:09 PM Sat, Aug 15 · UTC−5 9:45 AM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC−6
New York United States 3:09 PM Sat, Aug 15 · UTC−4 10:45 AM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC−5
Toronto Canada 3:09 PM Sat, Aug 15 · UTC−4 10:45 AM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia 2:09 PM Sat, Aug 15 · UTC−5 10:45 AM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 2:09 PM Sat, Aug 15 · UTC−5 10:45 AM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 3:09 PM Sat, Aug 15 · UTC−4 11:45 AM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 3:09 PM Sat, Aug 15 · UTC−4 12:45 PM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC−3
Buenos Aires Argentina 4:09 PM Sat, Aug 15 · UTC−3 12:45 PM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 4:09 PM Sat, Aug 15 · UTC−3 1:45 PM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC−2
Reykjavík Iceland 7:09 PM Sat, Aug 15 · UTC 3:45 PM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC
London United Kingdom 8:09 PM Sat, Aug 15 · UTC+1 3:45 PM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC
Lagos Nigeria 8:09 PM Sat, Aug 15 · UTC+1 4:45 PM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC+1
Paris France 9:09 PM Sat, Aug 15 · UTC+2 4:45 PM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 9:09 PM Sat, Aug 15 · UTC+2 4:45 PM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 9:09 PM Sat, Aug 15 · UTC+2 5:45 PM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 10:09 PM Sat, Aug 15 · UTC+3 5:45 PM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 10:09 PM Sat, Aug 15 · UTC+3 5:45 PM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 10:09 PM Sat, Aug 15 · UTC+3 5:45 PM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 11:09 PM Sat, Aug 15 · UTC+4 6:45 PM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 10:09 PM Sat, Aug 15 · UTC+3 6:45 PM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 11:39 PM Sat, Aug 15 · UTC+4:30 7:15 PM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 11:09 PM Sat, Aug 15 · UTC+4 7:45 PM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 12:09 AM Sun, Aug 16 · UTC+5 8:45 PM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 12:39 AM Sun, Aug 16 · UTC+5:30 9:15 PM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 12:54 AM Sun, Aug 16 · UTC+5:45 9:30 PM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 1:09 AM Sun, Aug 16 · UTC+6 9:45 PM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 2:09 AM Sun, Aug 16 · UTC+7 10:45 PM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 2:09 AM Sun, Aug 16 · UTC+7 10:45 PM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC+7
Singapore 3:09 AM Sun, Aug 16 · UTC+8 11:45 PM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC+8
Beijing China 3:09 AM Sun, Aug 16 · UTC+8 11:45 PM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 3:09 AM Sun, Aug 16 · UTC+8 11:45 PM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 3:09 AM Sun, Aug 16 · UTC+8 11:45 PM Tue, Dec 29 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 4:09 AM Sun, Aug 16 · UTC+9 12:45 AM Wed, Dec 30 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 4:09 AM Sun, Aug 16 · UTC+9 12:45 AM Wed, Dec 30 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 4:39 AM Sun, Aug 16 · UTC+9:30 2:15 AM Wed, Dec 30 · UTC+10:30
Brisbane Australia 5:09 AM Sun, Aug 16 · UTC+10 1:45 AM Wed, Dec 30 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 5:09 AM Sun, Aug 16 · UTC+10 2:45 AM Wed, Dec 30 · UTC+11
Auckland New Zealand 7:09 AM Sun, Aug 16 · UTC+12 4:45 AM Wed, Dec 30 · UTC+13

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°

August 15 → December 29, 1998 in Taurus

Stations retrograde Aug 15, 1998, 7:09 PM UTC at 3°37′ Taurus
Stations direct Dec 29, 1998, 3:45 PM UTC at 26°46′ Aries
Shadow opens May 10, 1998, 11:28 PM UTC (97 days before)
Shadow closes Apr 2, 1999, 3:48 PM UTC (94 days after)
Full window including shadows 327 days

Saturn retrograde in Taurus

Saturn retrograde in Taurus reviews financial security, possessions and values. Long-term financial plans are reassessed and resistance to change is examined. It suits strengthening practical foundations.

…and back into Aries

Saturn retrograde in Aries, its sign of fall, reviews independence, leadership and impulse. Plans launched too hastily need restructuring, and patience becomes the lesson. It suits rebuilding personal initiatives on firmer ground.

It begins in Leo season and ends in Capricorn season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Leo — Aug 15 to Aug 23, 1998 (8 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Pisces — Aug 15 to Nov 13, 1998 (90 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aquarius — Aug 15 to Oct 18, 1998 (64 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Aquarius — Aug 15 to Oct 11, 1998 (57 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Sagittarius — Nov 21 to Dec 11, 1998 (20 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 1998

Previous

1997 Ended December 16, 1997 after 137 days, moving back 6.83° through the zodiac.

Next

1999 Begins August 30, 1999 and runs 135 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 1998

Saturn through the zodiac in 1998

Every sign Saturn occupies during 1998, 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 Aries From Jan 1 – Jun 9
Saturn in Taurus Jun 9 – Oct 25
Saturn in Aries Oct 25 – Dec 31 and beyond

3 segments in 1998. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1998 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1998

Venus in Aquarius Dec 26, 1997 – Feb 5, 1998 · 41 days
Pluto in Sagittarius Mar 11, 1998 – Aug 16, 1998 · 158 days
Mercury in Aries Mar 27, 1998 – Apr 20, 1998 · 23 days
Neptune in Aquarius May 4, 1998 – Oct 11, 1998 · 160 days
Uranus in Aquarius May 17, 1998 – Oct 18, 1998 · 154 days
Jupiter in Pisces Jul 18, 1998 – Nov 13, 1998 · 118 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 31, 1998 – Aug 23, 1998 · 24 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Nov 21, 1998 – Dec 11, 1998 · 20 days
← 1997 Saturn retrograde in 1997. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1999 → Saturn retrograde in 1999.

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AstroHot. “Saturn Retrograde 1998 Dates: Aug 15 – Dec 29.” Accessed October 31, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/saturn/1998/

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