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Uranus retrograde 1981

Uranus retrograde 1981: 1 period, 152 days inside the year — 41.7% of 1981. Uranus turned retrograde at 1:47 AM UTC on March 5 at 0°06′ Sagittarius and turned direct at 10:50 AM UTC on August 4 at 26°02′ Scorpio.

Turns retrograde
Mar 5 1:47 AM UTC
Turns direct
Aug 4 10:50 AM UTC
Retrograde in 1981
152 days 41.7% of the year
Sign
Sagittarius retreats 4.06°
Uranus Retrograde 1981 Dates: Mar 5 – Aug 4

Uranus’s path through 1981, day by day

Apparent position of Uranus against the zodiac, 1981
Apparent position of Uranus against the zodiac, 1981. Uranus starts 1981 at 28°08′ Scorpio and ends it at 2°26′ Sagittarius — 4.3° of net progress: 8.3° forward, 4.1° given back. The loop retraces 4.06° in 152 days, from 0°06′ Sagittarius on Mar 5 back to 26°03′ Scorpio on Aug 4. Fastest day: Nov 23, 0.062° forward; fastest backward: May 17, 0.042°. Counting the shadows, 358 days of 1981 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 21, 1980 – Mar 5, 1981Post-retrograde shadow: Aug 4, 1981 – Nov 18, 1981Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 25, 1981 – Mar 9, 1982Retrograde: Mar 5, 1981 – Aug 4, 198126° Scorpio28° Scorpio0° Sagittarius2° SagittariusStations retrograde Mar 5, 1981, 1:47 AM UTC, 0°06′ SagittariusR Mar 5Stations direct Aug 4, 1981, 10:50 AM UTC, 26°02′ ScorpioD Aug 4JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Uranus against the zodiac, 1981. Uranus starts 1981 at 28°08′ Scorpio and ends it at 2°26′ Sagittarius — 4.3° of net progress: 8.3° forward, 4.1° given back. The loop retraces 4.06° in 152 days, from 0°06′ Sagittarius on Mar 5 back to 26°03′ Scorpio on Aug 4. Fastest day: Nov 23, 0.062° forward; fastest backward: May 17, 0.042°. Counting the shadows, 358 days of 1981 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 21, 1980 – Mar 5, 1981Post-retrograde shadow: Aug 4, 1981 – Nov 18, 1981Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 25, 1981 – Mar 9, 1982Retrograde: Mar 5, 1981 – Aug 4, 198126° Scorpio2° SagittariusStations retrograde Mar 5, 1981, 1:47 AM UTC, 0°06′ SagittariusR Mar 5Stations direct Aug 4, 1981, 10:50 AM UTC, 26°02′ ScorpioD Aug 4JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Uranus starts 1981 at 28°08′ Scorpio and ends it at 2°26′ Sagittarius — 4.3° of net progress: 8.3° forward, 4.1° given back. The loop retraces 4.06° in 152 days, from 0°06′ Sagittarius on Mar 5 back to 26°03′ Scorpio on Aug 4. Fastest day: Nov 23, 0.062° forward; fastest backward: May 17, 0.042°. Counting the shadows, 358 days of 1981 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Uranus retrograde 1981: exact times in your city

Uranus turned retrograde at 1:47 AM UTC on March 5, 1981 at 0°06′ Sagittarius — 10:47 PM on March 4 in Santiago, 8:47 PM on March 4 in New York, 1:47 AM in London and 10:47 AM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Thu, Mar 5 · 0°06′ Sagittarius Tue, Aug 4 · 26°02′ Scorpio
Honolulu United States 3:47 PM Wed, Mar 4 · UTC−10 12:50 AM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 3:47 PM Wed, Mar 4 · UTC−10 1:50 AM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC−9
Los Angeles United States 5:47 PM Wed, Mar 4 · UTC−8 3:50 AM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 6:47 PM Wed, Mar 4 · UTC−7 3:50 AM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC−7
Denver United States 6:47 PM Wed, Mar 4 · UTC−7 4:50 AM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 7:47 PM Wed, Mar 4 · UTC−6 5:50 AM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 7:47 PM Wed, Mar 4 · UTC−6 4:50 AM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC−6
New York United States 8:47 PM Wed, Mar 4 · UTC−5 6:50 AM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 8:47 PM Wed, Mar 4 · UTC−5 6:50 AM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 8:47 PM Wed, Mar 4 · UTC−5 5:50 AM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 8:47 PM Wed, Mar 4 · UTC−5 5:50 AM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 9:47 PM Wed, Mar 4 · UTC−4 6:50 AM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 10:47 PM Wed, Mar 4 · UTC−3 6:50 AM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 10:47 PM Wed, Mar 4 · UTC−3 7:50 AM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 10:47 PM Wed, Mar 4 · UTC−3 7:50 AM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 1:47 AM Thu, Mar 5 · UTC 10:50 AM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC
London United Kingdom 1:47 AM Thu, Mar 5 · UTC 11:50 AM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 2:47 AM Thu, Mar 5 · UTC+1 11:50 AM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC+1
Paris France 2:47 AM Thu, Mar 5 · UTC+1 12:50 PM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 2:47 AM Thu, Mar 5 · UTC+1 12:50 PM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 3:47 AM Thu, Mar 5 · UTC+2 12:50 PM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 3:47 AM Thu, Mar 5 · UTC+2 1:50 PM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 3:47 AM Thu, Mar 5 · UTC+2 1:50 PM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 4:47 AM Thu, Mar 5 · UTC+3 1:50 PM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 4:47 AM Thu, Mar 5 · UTC+3 2:50 PM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC+4
Nairobi Kenya 4:47 AM Thu, Mar 5 · UTC+3 1:50 PM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 5:17 AM Thu, Mar 5 · UTC+3:30 2:20 PM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 5:47 AM Thu, Mar 5 · UTC+4 2:50 PM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 6:47 AM Thu, Mar 5 · UTC+5 3:50 PM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 7:17 AM Thu, Mar 5 · UTC+5:30 4:20 PM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 7:17 AM Thu, Mar 5 · UTC+5:30 4:20 PM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 7:47 AM Thu, Mar 5 · UTC+6 4:50 PM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 8:47 AM Thu, Mar 5 · UTC+7 5:50 PM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 8:47 AM Thu, Mar 5 · UTC+7 5:50 PM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC+7
Singapore 9:17 AM Thu, Mar 5 · UTC+7:30 6:20 PM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 9:47 AM Thu, Mar 5 · UTC+8 6:50 PM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 9:47 AM Thu, Mar 5 · UTC+8 6:50 PM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 9:47 AM Thu, Mar 5 · UTC+8 6:50 PM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 10:47 AM Thu, Mar 5 · UTC+9 7:50 PM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 10:47 AM Thu, Mar 5 · UTC+9 7:50 PM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 11:17 AM Thu, Mar 5 · UTC+9:30 8:20 PM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 11:47 AM Thu, Mar 5 · UTC+10 8:50 PM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 11:47 AM Thu, Mar 5 · UTC+10 8:50 PM Tue, Aug 4 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 1:47 PM Thu, Mar 5 · UTC+12 10:50 PM Tue, Aug 4 · 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 4.06°

March 5 → August 4, 1981 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde Mar 5, 1981, 1:47 AM UTC at 0°06′ Sagittarius
Stations direct Aug 4, 1981, 10:50 AM UTC at 26°02′ Scorpio
Shadow opens Nov 21, 1980, 3:33 AM UTC (104 days before)
Shadow closes Nov 18, 1981, 7:35 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 Libra — Mar 5 to May 27, 1981 (84 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Libra — Mar 5 to Jun 5, 1981 (92 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Libra — Mar 5 to Jul 1, 1981 (119 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Sagittarius — Mar 27 to Aug 4, 1981 (130 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Cancer — Jun 9 to Jul 3, 1981 (24 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Uranus retrogrades either side of 1981

Previous

1980 Ended July 30, 1980 after 152 days, moving back 4.07° through the zodiac.

Next

1982 Begins March 9, 1982 and runs 153 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 1981

Uranus through the zodiac in 1981

Every sign Uranus occupies during 1981, 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 – Feb 17
Uranus in Sagittarius Feb 17 – Mar 20
Uranus in Scorpio Mar 20 – Nov 16
Uranus in Sagittarius Nov 16 – Dec 31 and beyond

4 segments in 1981. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1981 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1981

Saturn in Libra Jan 18, 1981 – Jun 5, 1981 · 137 days
Jupiter in Libra Jan 24, 1981 – May 27, 1981 · 123 days
Pluto in Libra Jan 26, 1981 – Jul 1, 1981 · 156 days
Mercury in Pisces Feb 8, 1981 – Mar 2, 1981 · 22 days
Neptune in Sagittarius Mar 27, 1981 – Sep 3, 1981 · 160 days
Mercury in Cancer Jun 9, 1981 – Jul 3, 1981 · 24 days
Mercury in Scorpio Oct 6, 1981 – Oct 27, 1981 · 21 days
Venus in Aquarius Dec 31, 1981 – Feb 10, 1982 · 41 days
← 1980 Uranus retrograde in 1980. All Uranus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1982 → Uranus retrograde in 1982.

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