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Saturn retrograde 2038

Saturn retrograde 2038: 1 period, 130 days inside the year — 35.7% of 2038. Saturn turns direct at 6:22 AM UTC on May 11 at 9°23′ Virgo.

Turns direct
May 11 6:22 AM UTC
Retrograde in 2038
130 days 35.7% of the year
Sign
Virgo retreats 6.86°
Saturn Retrograde 2038 Dates: Until May 11

Saturn’s path through 2038, day by day

Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 2038
Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 2038. Saturn starts 2038 at 16°13′ Virgo and ends it at 29°14′ Virgo — 13° of net progress: 19.9° forward, 6.8° given back. The loop retraces 6.86° in 136 days, from 16°14′ Virgo on Dec 26 back to 9°23′ Virgo on May 11 2038. Fastest day: Aug 22, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Feb 17, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 315 days of 2038 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: May 11, 2038 – Aug 16, 2038Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 5, 2038 – Jan 8, 2039Retrograde: Dec 26, 2037 – May 11, 203810° Virgo15° Virgo20° Virgo25° Virgo0° LibraStations direct May 11, 2038, 6:22 AM UTC, 9°23′ VirgoD May 11JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 2038. Saturn starts 2038 at 16°13′ Virgo and ends it at 29°14′ Virgo — 13° of net progress: 19.9° forward, 6.8° given back. The loop retraces 6.86° in 136 days, from 16°14′ Virgo on Dec 26 back to 9°23′ Virgo on May 11 2038. Fastest day: Aug 22, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Feb 17, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 315 days of 2038 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: May 11, 2038 – Aug 16, 2038Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 5, 2038 – Jan 8, 2039Retrograde: Dec 26, 2037 – May 11, 203810° Virgo15° Virgo20° Virgo25° Virgo0° LibraStations direct May 11, 2038, 6:22 AM UTC, 9°23′ VirgoD May 11JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Saturn starts 2038 at 16°13′ Virgo and ends it at 29°14′ Virgo — 13° of net progress: 19.9° forward, 6.8° given back. The loop retraces 6.86° in 136 days, from 16°14′ Virgo on Dec 26 back to 9°23′ Virgo on May 11 2038. Fastest day: Aug 22, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Feb 17, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 315 days of 2038 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Saturn retrograde 2038: exact times in your city

Saturn turns direct at 6:22 AM UTC on May 11, 2038 at 9°23′ Virgo — 2:22 AM in Santiago, 2:22 AM in New York, 7:22 AM in London and 3:22 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns direct
UTC Tue, May 11 · 9°23′ Virgo
Honolulu United States 8:22 PM Mon, May 10 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 10:22 PM Mon, May 10 · UTC−8
Los Angeles United States 11:22 PM Mon, May 10 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 11:22 PM Mon, May 10 · UTC−7
Denver United States 12:22 AM Tue, May 11 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 1:22 AM Tue, May 11 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 12:22 AM Tue, May 11 · UTC−6
New York United States 2:22 AM Tue, May 11 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 2:22 AM Tue, May 11 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 1:22 AM Tue, May 11 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 1:22 AM Tue, May 11 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 2:22 AM Tue, May 11 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 2:22 AM Tue, May 11 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 3:22 AM Tue, May 11 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 3:22 AM Tue, May 11 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 6:22 AM Tue, May 11 · UTC
London United Kingdom 7:22 AM Tue, May 11 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 7:22 AM Tue, May 11 · UTC+1
Paris France 8:22 AM Tue, May 11 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 8:22 AM Tue, May 11 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 8:22 AM Tue, May 11 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 9:22 AM Tue, May 11 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 9:22 AM Tue, May 11 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 9:22 AM Tue, May 11 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 9:22 AM Tue, May 11 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 9:22 AM Tue, May 11 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 9:52 AM Tue, May 11 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 10:22 AM Tue, May 11 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 11:22 AM Tue, May 11 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 11:52 AM Tue, May 11 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 12:07 PM Tue, May 11 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 12:22 PM Tue, May 11 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 1:22 PM Tue, May 11 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 1:22 PM Tue, May 11 · UTC+7
Singapore 2:22 PM Tue, May 11 · UTC+8
Beijing China 2:22 PM Tue, May 11 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 2:22 PM Tue, May 11 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 2:22 PM Tue, May 11 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 3:22 PM Tue, May 11 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 3:22 PM Tue, May 11 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 3:52 PM Tue, May 11 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 4:22 PM Tue, May 11 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 4:22 PM Tue, May 11 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 6:22 PM Tue, May 11 · 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 26, 2037 → May 11, 2038 in Virgo

Stations retrograde Dec 26, 2037, 11:36 AM UTC at 16°14′ Virgo
Stations direct May 11, 2038, 6:22 AM UTC at 9°23′ Virgo
Shadow opens Sep 22, 2037, 11:38 PM UTC (94 days before)
Shadow closes Aug 16, 2038, 10:04 AM UTC (97 days after)
Full window including shadows 327 days

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Taurus season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Venus in Capricorn — Dec 26 to Jan 24, 2038 (29 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Cancer — Dec 26 to Mar 15, 2038 (79 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Cancer — Dec 26 to Mar 28, 2038 (92 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Aries — Dec 26 to Jan 6, 2038 (11 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aries — Mar 18 to Apr 10, 2038 (23 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 2038

Previous

2037 Ended April 27, 2037 after 135 days, moving back 6.89° through the zodiac.

Next

2039 Begins January 8, 2039 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 2038

Saturn through the zodiac in 2038

Every sign Saturn occupies during 2038, 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 – Dec 31 and beyond

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

2038 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2038

Neptune in Aries Aug 1, 2037 – Jan 6, 2038 · 158 days
Uranus in Cancer Oct 30, 2037 – Mar 28, 2038 · 149 days
Jupiter in Cancer Nov 16, 2037 – Mar 15, 2038 · 120 days
Venus in Capricorn Dec 14, 2037 – Jan 24, 2038 · 41 days
Mercury in Aries Mar 18, 2038 – Apr 10, 2038 · 23 days
Pluto in Aquarius May 25, 2038 – Nov 4, 2038 · 164 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 21, 2038 – Aug 14, 2038 · 24 days
Neptune in Taurus Aug 4, 2038 – Jan 8, 2039 · 158 days
Uranus in Cancer Nov 3, 2038 – Apr 1, 2039 · 149 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Nov 12, 2038 – Dec 2, 2038 · 20 days
Jupiter in Virgo Dec 17, 2038 – Apr 17, 2039 · 121 days
← 2037 Saturn retrograde in 2037. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2039 → Saturn retrograde in 2039.

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