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Saturn retrograde 2016

Saturn retrograde 2016: 1 period, 141 days inside the year — 38.5% of 2016. Saturn turned retrograde at 10:01 AM UTC on March 25 at 16°24′ Sagittarius and turned direct at 9:50 AM UTC on August 13 at 9°46′ Sagittarius.

Turns retrograde
Mar 25 10:01 AM UTC
Turns direct
Aug 13 9:50 AM UTC
Retrograde in 2016
141 days 38.5% of the year
Sign
Sagittarius retreats 6.63°
Saturn Retrograde 2016 Dates: Mar 25 – Aug 13

Saturn’s path through 2016, day by day

Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 2016
Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 2016. Saturn starts 2016 at 11°08′ Sagittarius and ends it at 21°22′ Sagittarius — 10.2° of net progress: 16.9° forward, 6.6° given back. The loop retraces 6.63° in 141 days, from 16°24′ Sagittarius on Mar 25 back to 9°46′ Sagittarius on Aug 13. Fastest day: Dec 4, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: May 21, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 325 days of 2016 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 19, 2015 – Mar 25, 2016Post-retrograde shadow: Aug 13, 2016 – Nov 19, 2016Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 30, 2016 – Apr 6, 2017Retrograde: Mar 25, 2016 – Aug 13, 201610° Sagittarius12° Sagittarius14° Sagittarius16° Sagittarius18° Sagittarius20° Sagittarius22° SagittariusStations retrograde Mar 25, 2016, 10:01 AM UTC, 16°24′ SagittariusR Mar 25Stations direct Aug 13, 2016, 9:50 AM UTC, 9°46′ SagittariusD Aug 13JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 2016. Saturn starts 2016 at 11°08′ Sagittarius and ends it at 21°22′ Sagittarius — 10.2° of net progress: 16.9° forward, 6.6° given back. The loop retraces 6.63° in 141 days, from 16°24′ Sagittarius on Mar 25 back to 9°46′ Sagittarius on Aug 13. Fastest day: Dec 4, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: May 21, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 325 days of 2016 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 19, 2015 – Mar 25, 2016Post-retrograde shadow: Aug 13, 2016 – Nov 19, 2016Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 30, 2016 – Apr 6, 2017Retrograde: Mar 25, 2016 – Aug 13, 201610° Sagittarius18° Sagittarius20° Sagittarius22° SagittariusStations retrograde Mar 25, 2016, 10:01 AM UTC, 16°24′ SagittariusR Mar 25Stations direct Aug 13, 2016, 9:50 AM UTC, 9°46′ SagittariusD Aug 13JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Saturn starts 2016 at 11°08′ Sagittarius and ends it at 21°22′ Sagittarius — 10.2° of net progress: 16.9° forward, 6.6° given back. The loop retraces 6.63° in 141 days, from 16°24′ Sagittarius on Mar 25 back to 9°46′ Sagittarius on Aug 13. Fastest day: Dec 4, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: May 21, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 325 days of 2016 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Saturn retrograde 2016: exact times in your city

Saturn turned retrograde at 10:01 AM UTC on March 25, 2016 at 16°24′ Sagittarius — 7:01 AM in Santiago, 6:01 AM in New York, 10:01 AM in London and 7:01 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Fri, Mar 25 · 16°24′ Sagittarius Sat, Aug 13 · 9°46′ Sagittarius
Honolulu United States 12:01 AM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC−10 11:50 PM Fri, Aug 12 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 2:01 AM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC−8 1:50 AM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC−8
Los Angeles United States 3:01 AM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC−7 2:50 AM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 3:01 AM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC−7 2:50 AM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC−7
Denver United States 4:01 AM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC−6 3:50 AM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 5:01 AM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC−5 4:50 AM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 4:01 AM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC−6 4:50 AM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC−5
New York United States 6:01 AM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC−4 5:50 AM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 6:01 AM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC−4 5:50 AM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 5:01 AM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC−5 4:50 AM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 5:01 AM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC−5 4:50 AM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 5:31 AM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC−4:30 5:50 AM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 7:01 AM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC−3 5:50 AM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 7:01 AM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC−3 6:50 AM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 7:01 AM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC−3 6:50 AM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 10:01 AM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC 9:50 AM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC
London United Kingdom 10:01 AM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC 10:50 AM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 11:01 AM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC+1 10:50 AM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC+1
Paris France 11:01 AM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC+1 11:50 AM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 11:01 AM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC+1 11:50 AM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 12:01 PM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC+2 11:50 AM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 12:01 PM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC+2 11:50 AM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 12:01 PM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC+2 12:50 PM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 12:01 PM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC+2 12:50 PM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 1:01 PM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC+3 12:50 PM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 1:01 PM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC+3 12:50 PM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 2:31 PM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC+4:30 2:20 PM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC+4:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 2:01 PM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC+4 1:50 PM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 3:01 PM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC+5 2:50 PM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 3:31 PM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC+5:30 3:20 PM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 3:46 PM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC+5:45 3:35 PM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 4:01 PM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC+6 3:50 PM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 5:01 PM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC+7 4:50 PM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 5:01 PM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC+7 4:50 PM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC+7
Singapore 6:01 PM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC+8 5:50 PM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC+8
Beijing China 6:01 PM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC+8 5:50 PM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 6:01 PM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC+8 5:50 PM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 6:01 PM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC+8 5:50 PM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 7:01 PM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC+9 6:50 PM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 7:01 PM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC+9 6:50 PM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 8:31 PM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC+10:30 7:20 PM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 8:01 PM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC+10 7:50 PM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 9:01 PM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC+11 7:50 PM Sat, Aug 13 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 11:01 PM Fri, Mar 25 · UTC+13 9:50 PM Sat, Aug 13 · 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 25 → August 13, 2016 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde Mar 25, 2016, 10:01 AM UTC at 16°24′ Sagittarius
Stations direct Aug 13, 2016, 9:50 AM UTC at 9°46′ Sagittarius
Shadow opens Dec 19, 2015, 8:02 PM UTC (97 days before)
Shadow closes Nov 19, 2016, 11:56 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

  • Jupiter in Virgo — Mar 25 to May 9, 2016 (45 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Sagittarius — Apr 17 to Jun 29, 2016 (73 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Capricorn — Apr 18 to Aug 13, 2016 (117 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Taurus — Apr 28 to May 22, 2016 (24 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Pisces — Jun 13 to Aug 13, 2016 (61 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aries — Jul 29 to Aug 13, 2016 (15 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 2016

Previous

2015 Ended August 2, 2015 after 141 days, moving back 6.65° through the zodiac.

Next

2017 Begins April 6, 2017 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 2016

Saturn through the zodiac in 2016

Every sign Saturn occupies during 2016, 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.

2016 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2016

Mercury in Aquarius Jan 5, 2016 – Jan 25, 2016 · 20 days
Jupiter in Virgo Jan 8, 2016 – May 9, 2016 · 122 days
Mars in Sagittarius Apr 17, 2016 – Jun 29, 2016 · 73 days
Pluto in Capricorn Apr 18, 2016 – Sep 26, 2016 · 161 days
Mercury in Taurus Apr 28, 2016 – May 22, 2016 · 24 days
Neptune in Pisces Jun 13, 2016 – Nov 20, 2016 · 159 days
Uranus in Aries Jul 29, 2016 – Dec 29, 2016 · 153 days
Mercury in Virgo Aug 30, 2016 – Sep 22, 2016 · 23 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 19, 2016 – Jan 8, 2017 · 20 days
← 2015 Saturn retrograde in 2015. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2017 → Saturn retrograde in 2017.

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