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Uranus retrograde 1979

Uranus retrograde 1979: 1 period, 152 days inside the year — 41.6% of 1979. Uranus turned retrograde at 11:58 AM UTC on February 24 at 21°00′ Scorpio and turned direct at 10:59 AM UTC on July 26 at 16°55′ Scorpio.

Turns retrograde
Feb 24 11:58 AM UTC
Turns direct
Jul 26 10:59 AM UTC
Retrograde in 1979
152 days 41.6% of the year
Sign
Scorpio retreats 4.08°
Uranus Retrograde 1979 Dates: Feb 24 – Jul 26

Uranus’s path through 1979, day by day

Apparent position of Uranus against the zodiac, 1979
Apparent position of Uranus against the zodiac, 1979. Uranus starts 1979 at 19°24′ Scorpio and ends it at 23°46′ Scorpio — 4.4° of net progress: 8.4° forward, 4.1° given back. The loop retraces 4.08° in 152 days, from 21°00′ Scorpio on Feb 24 back to 16°55′ Scorpio on Jul 26. Fastest day: Nov 13, 0.062° forward; fastest backward: May 8, 0.042°. Counting the shadows, 357 days of 1979 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 12, 1978 – Feb 24, 1979Post-retrograde shadow: Jul 26, 1979 – Nov 9, 1979Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 17, 1979 – Feb 29, 1980Retrograde: Feb 24, 1979 – Jul 26, 197916° Scorpio18° Scorpio20° Scorpio22° Scorpio24° ScorpioStations retrograde Feb 24, 1979, 11:58 AM UTC, 21°00′ ScorpioR Feb 24Stations direct Jul 26, 1979, 10:59 AM UTC, 16°55′ ScorpioD Jul 26JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Uranus against the zodiac, 1979. Uranus starts 1979 at 19°24′ Scorpio and ends it at 23°46′ Scorpio — 4.4° of net progress: 8.4° forward, 4.1° given back. The loop retraces 4.08° in 152 days, from 21°00′ Scorpio on Feb 24 back to 16°55′ Scorpio on Jul 26. Fastest day: Nov 13, 0.062° forward; fastest backward: May 8, 0.042°. Counting the shadows, 357 days of 1979 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 12, 1978 – Feb 24, 1979Post-retrograde shadow: Jul 26, 1979 – Nov 9, 1979Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 17, 1979 – Feb 29, 1980Retrograde: Feb 24, 1979 – Jul 26, 197916° Scorpio18° Scorpio22° Scorpio24° ScorpioStations retrograde Feb 24, 1979, 11:58 AM UTC, 21°00′ ScorpioR Feb 24Stations direct Jul 26, 1979, 10:59 AM UTC, 16°55′ ScorpioD Jul 26JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Uranus starts 1979 at 19°24′ Scorpio and ends it at 23°46′ Scorpio — 4.4° of net progress: 8.4° forward, 4.1° given back. The loop retraces 4.08° in 152 days, from 21°00′ Scorpio on Feb 24 back to 16°55′ Scorpio on Jul 26. Fastest day: Nov 13, 0.062° forward; fastest backward: May 8, 0.042°. Counting the shadows, 357 days of 1979 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Uranus retrograde 1979: exact times in your city

Uranus turned retrograde at 11:58 AM UTC on February 24, 1979 at 21°00′ Scorpio — 8:58 AM in Santiago, 6:58 AM in New York, 11:58 AM in London and 8:58 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Sat, Feb 24 · 21°00′ Scorpio Thu, Jul 26 · 16°55′ Scorpio
Honolulu United States 1:58 AM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC−10 12:59 AM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 1:58 AM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC−10 1:59 AM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC−9
Los Angeles United States 3:58 AM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC−8 3:59 AM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 4:58 AM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC−7 3:59 AM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC−7
Denver United States 4:58 AM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC−7 4:59 AM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 5:58 AM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC−6 5:59 AM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 5:58 AM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC−6 4:59 AM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC−6
New York United States 6:58 AM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC−5 6:59 AM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 6:58 AM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC−5 6:59 AM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 6:58 AM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC−5 5:59 AM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 6:58 AM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC−5 5:59 AM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 7:58 AM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC−4 6:59 AM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 8:58 AM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC−3 6:59 AM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 8:58 AM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC−3 7:59 AM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 8:58 AM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC−3 7:59 AM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 11:58 AM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC 10:59 AM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC
London United Kingdom 11:58 AM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC 11:59 AM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 12:58 PM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC+1 11:59 AM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC+1
Paris France 12:58 PM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC+1 12:59 PM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 12:58 PM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC+1 11:59 AM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 1:58 PM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC+2 12:59 PM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 1:58 PM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC+2 1:59 PM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 1:58 PM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC+2 1:59 PM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 2:58 PM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC+3 1:59 PM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 2:58 PM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC+3 1:59 PM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 2:58 PM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC+3 1:59 PM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 3:28 PM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC+3:30 3:29 PM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC+4:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 3:58 PM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC+4 2:59 PM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 4:58 PM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC+5 3:59 PM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 5:28 PM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC+5:30 4:29 PM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 5:28 PM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC+5:30 4:29 PM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 5:58 PM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC+6 4:59 PM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 6:58 PM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC+7 5:59 PM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 6:58 PM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC+7 5:59 PM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC+7
Singapore 7:28 PM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC+7:30 6:29 PM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 7:58 PM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC+8 6:59 PM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 7:58 PM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC+8 6:59 PM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 7:58 PM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC+8 6:59 PM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 8:58 PM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC+9 7:59 PM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 8:58 PM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC+9 7:59 PM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 10:28 PM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC+10:30 8:29 PM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 9:58 PM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC+10 8:59 PM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 10:58 PM Sat, Feb 24 · UTC+11 8:59 PM Thu, Jul 26 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 12:58 AM Sun, Feb 25 · UTC+13 10:59 PM Thu, Jul 26 · 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.

152 days · retreats 4.08°

February 24 → July 26, 1979 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde Feb 24, 1979, 11:58 AM UTC at 21°00′ Scorpio
Stations direct Jul 26, 1979, 10:59 AM UTC at 16°55′ Scorpio
Shadow opens Nov 12, 1978, 4:21 PM UTC (104 days before)
Shadow closes Nov 9, 1979, 10:33 AM UTC (106 days after)
Full window including shadows 362 days

It begins in Pisces season and ends in Leo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Leo — Feb 24 to Mar 26, 1979 (30 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Virgo — Feb 24 to May 9, 1979 (74 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Libra — Feb 24 to Jun 27, 1979 (123 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aries — Mar 15 to Apr 7, 1979 (23 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Sagittarius — Mar 23 to Jul 26, 1979 (125 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Leo — Jul 17 to Jul 26, 1979 (9 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 1979

Previous

1978 Ended July 21, 1978 after 152 days, moving back 4.09° through the zodiac.

Next

1980 Begins February 29, 1980 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 1979

Uranus through the zodiac in 1979

Every sign Uranus occupies during 1979, 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.

1979 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1979

Jupiter in Leo Nov 25, 1978 – Mar 26, 1979 · 120 days
Saturn in Virgo Dec 24, 1978 – May 9, 1979 · 136 days
Pluto in Libra Jan 21, 1979 – Jun 27, 1979 · 156 days
Mercury in Aries Mar 15, 1979 – Apr 7, 1979 · 23 days
Neptune in Sagittarius Mar 23, 1979 – Aug 30, 1979 · 160 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 17, 1979 – Aug 11, 1979 · 24 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Nov 9, 1979 – Nov 29, 1979 · 20 days
Jupiter in Virgo Dec 26, 1979 – Apr 26, 1980 · 122 days
← 1978 Uranus retrograde in 1978. All Uranus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1980 → Uranus retrograde in 1980.

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