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Saturn retrograde 2040

Saturn retrograde 2040: 1 period, 138 days inside the year — 37.6% of 2040. Saturn turns retrograde at 4:13 AM UTC on January 21 at 12°01′ Libra and turns direct at 5:55 PM UTC on June 6 at 5°14′ Libra.

Turns retrograde
Jan 21 4:13 AM UTC
Turns direct
Jun 6 5:55 PM UTC
Retrograde in 2040
138 days 37.6% of the year
Sign
Libra retreats 6.78°
Saturn Retrograde 2040 Dates: Jan 21 – Jun 6

Saturn’s path through 2040, day by day

Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 2040
Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 2040. Saturn starts 2040 at 11°38′ Libra and ends it at 23°34′ Libra — 11.9° of net progress: 18.7° forward, 6.8° given back. The loop retraces 6.78° in 138 days, from 12°01′ Libra on Jan 21 back to 5°14′ Libra on Jun 6. Fastest day: Oct 14, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Mar 13, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 319 days of 2040 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 18, 2039 – Jan 21, 2040Post-retrograde shadow: Jun 6, 2040 – Sep 12, 2040Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 29, 2040 – Feb 1, 2041Retrograde: Jan 21, 2040 – Jun 6, 20405° Libra10° Libra15° Libra20° Libra25° LibraStations retrograde Jan 21, 2040, 4:13 AM UTC, 12°01′ LibraR Jan 21Stations direct Jun 6, 2040, 5:55 PM UTC, 5°14′ LibraD Jun 6JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 2040. Saturn starts 2040 at 11°38′ Libra and ends it at 23°34′ Libra — 11.9° of net progress: 18.7° forward, 6.8° given back. The loop retraces 6.78° in 138 days, from 12°01′ Libra on Jan 21 back to 5°14′ Libra on Jun 6. Fastest day: Oct 14, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Mar 13, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 319 days of 2040 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 18, 2039 – Jan 21, 2040Post-retrograde shadow: Jun 6, 2040 – Sep 12, 2040Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 29, 2040 – Feb 1, 2041Retrograde: Jan 21, 2040 – Jun 6, 20405° Libra10° Libra15° Libra20° Libra25° LibraStations retrograde Jan 21, 2040, 4:13 AM UTC, 12°01′ LibraR Jan 21Stations direct Jun 6, 2040, 5:55 PM UTC, 5°14′ LibraD Jun 6JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Saturn starts 2040 at 11°38′ Libra and ends it at 23°34′ Libra — 11.9° of net progress: 18.7° forward, 6.8° given back. The loop retraces 6.78° in 138 days, from 12°01′ Libra on Jan 21 back to 5°14′ Libra on Jun 6. Fastest day: Oct 14, 0.13° forward; fastest backward: Mar 13, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 319 days of 2040 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Saturn retrograde 2040: exact times in your city

Saturn turns retrograde at 4:13 AM UTC on January 21, 2040 at 12°01′ Libra — 1:13 AM in Santiago, 11:13 PM on January 20 in New York, 4:13 AM in London and 1:13 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Sat, Jan 21 · 12°01′ Libra Wed, Jun 6 · 5°14′ Libra
Honolulu United States 6:13 PM Fri, Jan 20 · UTC−10 7:55 AM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 7:13 PM Fri, Jan 20 · UTC−9 9:55 AM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC−8
Los Angeles United States 8:13 PM Fri, Jan 20 · UTC−8 10:55 AM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 9:13 PM Fri, Jan 20 · UTC−7 10:55 AM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC−7
Denver United States 9:13 PM Fri, Jan 20 · UTC−7 11:55 AM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 10:13 PM Fri, Jan 20 · UTC−6 12:55 PM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 10:13 PM Fri, Jan 20 · UTC−6 11:55 AM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC−6
New York United States 11:13 PM Fri, Jan 20 · UTC−5 1:55 PM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 11:13 PM Fri, Jan 20 · UTC−5 1:55 PM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 11:13 PM Fri, Jan 20 · UTC−5 12:55 PM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 11:13 PM Fri, Jan 20 · UTC−5 12:55 PM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 12:13 AM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC−4 1:55 PM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 1:13 AM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC−3 1:55 PM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 1:13 AM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC−3 2:55 PM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 1:13 AM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC−3 2:55 PM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 4:13 AM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC 5:55 PM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC
London United Kingdom 4:13 AM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC 6:55 PM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 5:13 AM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC+1 6:55 PM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC+1
Paris France 5:13 AM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC+1 7:55 PM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 5:13 AM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC+1 7:55 PM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 6:13 AM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC+2 7:55 PM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 6:13 AM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC+2 8:55 PM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 6:13 AM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC+2 8:55 PM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 7:13 AM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC+3 8:55 PM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 7:13 AM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC+3 8:55 PM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 7:13 AM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC+3 8:55 PM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 7:43 AM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC+3:30 9:25 PM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 8:13 AM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC+4 9:55 PM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 9:13 AM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC+5 10:55 PM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 9:43 AM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC+5:30 11:25 PM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 9:58 AM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC+5:45 11:40 PM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 10:13 AM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC+6 11:55 PM Wed, Jun 6 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 11:13 AM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC+7 12:55 AM Thu, Jun 7 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 11:13 AM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC+7 12:55 AM Thu, Jun 7 · UTC+7
Singapore 12:13 PM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC+8 1:55 AM Thu, Jun 7 · UTC+8
Beijing China 12:13 PM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC+8 1:55 AM Thu, Jun 7 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 12:13 PM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC+8 1:55 AM Thu, Jun 7 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 12:13 PM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC+8 1:55 AM Thu, Jun 7 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 1:13 PM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC+9 2:55 AM Thu, Jun 7 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 1:13 PM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC+9 2:55 AM Thu, Jun 7 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 2:43 PM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC+10:30 3:25 AM Thu, Jun 7 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 2:13 PM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC+10 3:55 AM Thu, Jun 7 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 3:13 PM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC+11 3:55 AM Thu, Jun 7 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 5:13 PM Sat, Jan 21 · UTC+13 5:55 AM Thu, Jun 7 · 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.

138 days · retreats 6.78°

January 21 → June 6, 2040 in Libra

Stations retrograde Jan 21, 2040, 4:13 AM UTC at 12°01′ Libra
Stations direct Jun 6, 2040, 5:55 PM UTC at 5°14′ Libra
Shadow opens Oct 18, 2039, 8:47 AM UTC (95 days before)
Shadow closes Sep 12, 2040, 2:32 PM UTC (98 days after)
Full window including shadows 330 days

It begins in Aquarius season and ends in Gemini season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mars in Cancer — Jan 21 to Feb 9, 2040 (19 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Libra — Jan 21 to May 18, 2040 (118 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Leo — Jan 21 to Apr 5, 2040 (76 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Pisces — Feb 12 to Mar 5, 2040 (22 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Aquarius — May 27 to Jun 6, 2040 (10 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 2040

Previous

2039 Ended May 25, 2039 after 137 days, moving back 6.82° through the zodiac.

Next

2041 Begins February 1, 2041 and runs 138 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 2040

Saturn through the zodiac in 2040

Every sign Saturn occupies during 2040, 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 Libra From Jan 1 – Dec 31 and beyond

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

2040 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2040

Neptune in Taurus Aug 6, 2039 – Jan 11, 2040 · 158 days
Uranus in Leo Nov 8, 2039 – Apr 5, 2040 · 149 days
Mars in Cancer Nov 23, 2039 – Feb 9, 2040 · 78 days
Jupiter in Libra Jan 16, 2040 – May 18, 2040 · 123 days
Mercury in Pisces Feb 12, 2040 – Mar 5, 2040 · 22 days
Pluto in Aquarius May 27, 2040 – Nov 7, 2040 · 164 days
Mercury in Cancer Jun 13, 2040 – Jul 7, 2040 · 24 days
Neptune in Taurus Aug 8, 2040 – Jan 12, 2041 · 157 days
Mercury in Scorpio Oct 9, 2040 – Oct 30, 2040 · 21 days
Uranus in Leo Nov 12, 2040 – Apr 10, 2041 · 149 days
← 2039 Saturn retrograde in 2039. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2041 → Saturn retrograde in 2041.

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