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Saturn retrograde 2009

Saturn retrograde 2009: 1 period, 136 days inside the year — 37.3% of 2009. Saturn turned direct at 2:06 AM UTC on May 17 at 14°54′ Virgo.

Turns direct
May 17 2:06 AM UTC
Retrograde in 2009
136 days 37.3% of the year
Sign
Virgo retreats 6.86°
Saturn Retrograde 2009 Dates: Until May 17

Saturn’s path through 2009, day by day

Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 2009
Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 2009. Saturn starts 2009 at 21°46′ Virgo and ends it at 4°30′ Libra — 12.7° of net progress: 19.6° forward, 6.9° given back. The loop retraces 6.86° in 136 days, from 21°46′ Virgo on Dec 31 back to 14°54′ Virgo on May 17 2009. Fastest day: Aug 31, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Feb 20, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 316 days of 2009 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: May 17, 2009 – Aug 22, 2009Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 10, 2009 – Jan 13, 2010Retrograde: Dec 31, 2008 – May 17, 200915° Virgo20° Virgo25° Virgo0° Libra5° LibraStations direct May 17, 2009, 2:06 AM UTC, 14°54′ VirgoD May 17JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 2009. Saturn starts 2009 at 21°46′ Virgo and ends it at 4°30′ Libra — 12.7° of net progress: 19.6° forward, 6.9° given back. The loop retraces 6.86° in 136 days, from 21°46′ Virgo on Dec 31 back to 14°54′ Virgo on May 17 2009. Fastest day: Aug 31, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Feb 20, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 316 days of 2009 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: May 17, 2009 – Aug 22, 2009Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 10, 2009 – Jan 13, 2010Retrograde: Dec 31, 2008 – May 17, 200915° Virgo20° Virgo25° Virgo0° Libra5° LibraStations direct May 17, 2009, 2:06 AM UTC, 14°54′ VirgoD May 17JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Saturn starts 2009 at 21°46′ Virgo and ends it at 4°30′ Libra — 12.7° of net progress: 19.6° forward, 6.9° given back. The loop retraces 6.86° in 136 days, from 21°46′ Virgo on Dec 31 back to 14°54′ Virgo on May 17 2009. Fastest day: Aug 31, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Feb 20, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 316 days of 2009 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Saturn retrograde 2009: exact times in your city

Saturn turned direct at 2:06 AM UTC on May 17, 2009 at 14°54′ Virgo — 10:06 PM on May 16 in Santiago, 10:06 PM on May 16 in New York, 3:06 AM in London and 11:06 AM in Tokyo.

City Turns direct
UTC Sun, May 17 · 14°54′ Virgo
Honolulu United States 4:06 PM Sat, May 16 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 6:06 PM Sat, May 16 · UTC−8
Los Angeles United States 7:06 PM Sat, May 16 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 7:06 PM Sat, May 16 · UTC−7
Denver United States 8:06 PM Sat, May 16 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 9:06 PM Sat, May 16 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 9:06 PM Sat, May 16 · UTC−5
New York United States 10:06 PM Sat, May 16 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 10:06 PM Sat, May 16 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 9:06 PM Sat, May 16 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 9:06 PM Sat, May 16 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 9:36 PM Sat, May 16 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 10:06 PM Sat, May 16 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 11:06 PM Sat, May 16 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 11:06 PM Sat, May 16 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 2:06 AM Sun, May 17 · UTC
London United Kingdom 3:06 AM Sun, May 17 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 3:06 AM Sun, May 17 · UTC+1
Paris France 4:06 AM Sun, May 17 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 4:06 AM Sun, May 17 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 4:06 AM Sun, May 17 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 5:06 AM Sun, May 17 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 5:06 AM Sun, May 17 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 5:06 AM Sun, May 17 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 6:06 AM Sun, May 17 · UTC+4
Nairobi Kenya 5:06 AM Sun, May 17 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 6:36 AM Sun, May 17 · UTC+4:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 6:06 AM Sun, May 17 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 8:06 AM Sun, May 17 · UTC+6
New Delhi India 7:36 AM Sun, May 17 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 7:51 AM Sun, May 17 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 8:06 AM Sun, May 17 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 9:06 AM Sun, May 17 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 9:06 AM Sun, May 17 · UTC+7
Singapore 10:06 AM Sun, May 17 · UTC+8
Beijing China 10:06 AM Sun, May 17 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 10:06 AM Sun, May 17 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 10:06 AM Sun, May 17 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 11:06 AM Sun, May 17 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 11:06 AM Sun, May 17 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 11:36 AM Sun, May 17 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 12:06 PM Sun, May 17 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 12:06 PM Sun, May 17 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 2:06 PM Sun, May 17 · 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.

136 days · retreats 6.86° · crosses the year boundary

December 31, 2008 → May 17, 2009 in Virgo

Stations retrograde Dec 31, 2008, 6:08 PM UTC at 21°46′ Virgo
Stations direct May 17, 2009, 2:06 AM UTC at 14°54′ Virgo
Shadow opens Sep 28, 2008, 3:45 AM UTC (95 days before)
Shadow closes Aug 22, 2009, 11:24 AM UTC (97 days after)
Full window including shadows 328 days

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Taurus season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Aquarius — Jan 11 to Feb 1, 2009 (21 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Aries — Mar 6 to Apr 17, 2009 (42 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Capricorn — Apr 4 to May 17, 2009 (42 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Gemini — May 7 to May 17, 2009 (10 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 2009

Previous

2008 Ended May 3, 2008 after 136 days, moving back 6.89° through the zodiac.

Next

2010 Begins January 13, 2010 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 2009

Saturn through the zodiac in 2009

Every sign Saturn occupies during 2009, 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 – Oct 29
Saturn in Libra Oct 29 – Dec 31 and beyond

2 segments in 2009. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

2009 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2009

Mercury in Aquarius Jan 11, 2009 – Feb 1, 2009 · 21 days
Venus in Aries Mar 6, 2009 – Apr 17, 2009 · 42 days
Pluto in Capricorn Apr 4, 2009 – Sep 11, 2009 · 160 days
Mercury in Gemini May 7, 2009 – May 31, 2009 · 24 days
Neptune in Aquarius May 29, 2009 – Nov 4, 2009 · 160 days
Jupiter in Aquarius Jun 15, 2009 – Oct 13, 2009 · 120 days
Uranus in Pisces Jul 1, 2009 – Dec 1, 2009 · 154 days
Mercury in Libra Sep 7, 2009 – Sep 29, 2009 · 22 days
Mars in Leo Dec 20, 2009 – Mar 10, 2010 · 80 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 26, 2009 – Jan 15, 2010 · 20 days
← 2008 Saturn retrograde in 2008. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2010 → Saturn retrograde in 2010.

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AstroHot. “Saturn Retrograde 2009 Dates: Until May 17.” Accessed October 29, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/saturn/2009/

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