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Uranus retrograde 1976

Uranus retrograde 1976: 1 period, 151 days inside the year — 41.3% of 1976. Uranus turned retrograde at 10:11 PM UTC on February 10 at 7°08′ Scorpio and turned direct at 6:05 AM UTC on July 11 at 3°01′ Scorpio.

Turns retrograde
Feb 10 10:11 PM UTC
Turns direct
Jul 11 6:05 AM UTC
Retrograde in 1976
151 days 41.3% of the year
Sign
Scorpio retreats 4.11°
Uranus Retrograde 1976 Dates: Feb 10 – Jul 11

Uranus’s path through 1976, day by day

Apparent position of Uranus against the zodiac, 1976
Apparent position of Uranus against the zodiac, 1976. Uranus starts 1976 at 6°02′ Scorpio and ends it at 10°33′ Scorpio — 4.5° of net progress: 8.6° forward, 4.1° given back. The loop retraces 4.11° in 151 days, from 7°08′ Scorpio on Feb 10 back to 3°02′ Scorpio on Jul 11. Fastest day: Oct 28, 0.063° forward; fastest backward: Apr 24, 0.043°. Counting the shadows, 357 days of 1976 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 30, 1975 – Feb 10, 1976Post-retrograde shadow: Jul 11, 1976 – Oct 25, 1976Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 3, 1976 – Feb 14, 1977Retrograde: Feb 10, 1976 – Jul 11, 19762° Scorpio4° Scorpio6° Scorpio8° Scorpio10° ScorpioStations retrograde Feb 10, 1976, 10:11 PM UTC, 7°08′ ScorpioR Feb 10Stations direct Jul 11, 1976, 6:05 AM UTC, 3°01′ ScorpioD Jul 11JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Uranus against the zodiac, 1976. Uranus starts 1976 at 6°02′ Scorpio and ends it at 10°33′ Scorpio — 4.5° of net progress: 8.6° forward, 4.1° given back. The loop retraces 4.11° in 151 days, from 7°08′ Scorpio on Feb 10 back to 3°02′ Scorpio on Jul 11. Fastest day: Oct 28, 0.063° forward; fastest backward: Apr 24, 0.043°. Counting the shadows, 357 days of 1976 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 30, 1975 – Feb 10, 1976Post-retrograde shadow: Jul 11, 1976 – Oct 25, 1976Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 3, 1976 – Feb 14, 1977Retrograde: Feb 10, 1976 – Jul 11, 19762° Scorpio4° Scorpio8° Scorpio10° ScorpioStations retrograde Feb 10, 1976, 10:11 PM UTC, 7°08′ ScorpioR Feb 10Stations direct Jul 11, 1976, 6:05 AM UTC, 3°01′ ScorpioD Jul 11JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Uranus starts 1976 at 6°02′ Scorpio and ends it at 10°33′ Scorpio — 4.5° of net progress: 8.6° forward, 4.1° given back. The loop retraces 4.11° in 151 days, from 7°08′ Scorpio on Feb 10 back to 3°02′ Scorpio on Jul 11. Fastest day: Oct 28, 0.063° forward; fastest backward: Apr 24, 0.043°. Counting the shadows, 357 days of 1976 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Uranus retrograde 1976: exact times in your city

Uranus turned retrograde at 10:11 PM UTC on February 10, 1976 at 7°08′ Scorpio — 7:11 PM in Santiago, 5:11 PM in New York, 10:11 PM in London and 7:11 AM on February 11 in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Tue, Feb 10 · 7°08′ Scorpio Sun, Jul 11 · 3°01′ Scorpio
Honolulu United States 12:11 PM Tue, Feb 10 · UTC−10 8:05 PM Sat, Jul 10 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 12:11 PM Tue, Feb 10 · UTC−10 9:05 PM Sat, Jul 10 · UTC−9
Los Angeles United States 2:11 PM Tue, Feb 10 · UTC−8 11:05 PM Sat, Jul 10 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 3:11 PM Tue, Feb 10 · UTC−7 11:05 PM Sat, Jul 10 · UTC−7
Denver United States 3:11 PM Tue, Feb 10 · UTC−7 12:05 AM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 4:11 PM Tue, Feb 10 · UTC−6 1:05 AM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 4:11 PM Tue, Feb 10 · UTC−6 12:05 AM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC−6
New York United States 5:11 PM Tue, Feb 10 · UTC−5 2:05 AM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 5:11 PM Tue, Feb 10 · UTC−5 2:05 AM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 5:11 PM Tue, Feb 10 · UTC−5 1:05 AM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 5:11 PM Tue, Feb 10 · UTC−5 1:05 AM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 6:11 PM Tue, Feb 10 · UTC−4 2:05 AM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 7:11 PM Tue, Feb 10 · UTC−3 2:05 AM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 7:11 PM Tue, Feb 10 · UTC−3 3:05 AM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 7:11 PM Tue, Feb 10 · UTC−3 3:05 AM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 10:11 PM Tue, Feb 10 · UTC 6:05 AM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC
London United Kingdom 10:11 PM Tue, Feb 10 · UTC 7:05 AM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 11:11 PM Tue, Feb 10 · UTC+1 7:05 AM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC+1
Paris France 11:11 PM Tue, Feb 10 · UTC+1 8:05 AM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 11:11 PM Tue, Feb 10 · UTC+1 7:05 AM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 12:11 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+2 8:05 AM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 12:11 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+2 9:05 AM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 12:11 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+2 9:05 AM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 12:11 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+2 9:05 AM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 1:11 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+3 9:05 AM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 1:11 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+3 9:05 AM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 1:41 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+3:30 9:35 AM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 2:11 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+4 10:05 AM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 3:11 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+5 11:05 AM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 3:41 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+5:30 11:35 AM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 3:41 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+5:30 11:35 AM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 4:11 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+6 12:05 PM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 5:11 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+7 1:05 PM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 5:11 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+7 1:05 PM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC+7
Singapore 5:41 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+7:30 1:35 PM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 6:11 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+8 2:05 PM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 6:11 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+8 2:05 PM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 6:11 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+8 2:05 PM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 7:11 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+9 3:05 PM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 7:11 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+9 3:05 PM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 8:41 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+10:30 3:35 PM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 8:11 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+10 4:05 PM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 9:11 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+11 4:05 PM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 11:11 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+13 6:05 PM Sun, Jul 11 · UTC+12

Stations from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris. Swiss Ephemeris agrees on every Uranus station 1900–2050: median under a minute, largest 1.1 minutes. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.

151 days · retreats 4.11°

February 10 → July 11, 1976 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde Feb 10, 1976, 10:11 PM UTC at 7°08′ Scorpio
Stations direct Jul 11, 1976, 6:05 AM UTC at 3°01′ Scorpio
Shadow opens Oct 30, 1975, 5:54 AM UTC (104 days before)
Shadow closes Oct 25, 1976, 10:05 AM UTC (106 days after)
Full window including shadows 361 days

It begins in Aquarius season and ends in Cancer season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Leo — Feb 10 to Mar 27, 1976 (46 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Libra — Feb 10 to Jun 18, 1976 (129 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Sagittarius — Mar 15 to Jul 11, 1976 (117 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Gemini — May 9 to Jun 2, 1976 (24 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Uranus retrogrades either side of 1976

Previous

1975 Ended July 7, 1975 after 151 days, moving back 4.12° through the zodiac.

Next

1977 Begins February 14, 1977 and runs 152 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 1976

Uranus through the zodiac in 1976

Every sign Uranus occupies during 1976, 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.

Uranus in Scorpio From Jan 1 – Dec 31 and beyond

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

1976 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1976

Mars in Cancer Nov 6, 1975 – Jan 20, 1976 · 75 days
Saturn in Leo Nov 14, 1975 – Mar 27, 1976 · 134 days
Mercury in Aquarius Jan 14, 1976 – Feb 3, 1976 · 21 days
Pluto in Libra Jan 14, 1976 – Jun 18, 1976 · 156 days
Neptune in Sagittarius Mar 15, 1976 – Aug 23, 1976 · 160 days
Mercury in Gemini May 9, 1976 – Jun 2, 1976 · 24 days
Mercury in Libra Sep 8, 1976 – Oct 1, 1976 · 22 days
Jupiter in Gemini Sep 19, 1976 – Jan 15, 1977 · 118 days
Saturn in Leo Nov 27, 1976 – Apr 11, 1977 · 134 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 28, 1976 – Jan 17, 1977 · 20 days
← 1975 Uranus retrograde in 1975. All Uranus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1977 → Uranus retrograde in 1977.

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