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Uranus retrograde 1985

Uranus retrograde 1985: 1 period, 153 days inside the year — 41.9% of 1985. Uranus turned retrograde at 10:02 PM UTC on March 22 at 17°59′ Sagittarius and turned direct at 12:19 AM UTC on August 23 at 13°57′ Sagittarius.

Turns retrograde
Mar 22 10:02 PM UTC
Turns direct
Aug 23 12:19 AM UTC
Retrograde in 1985
153 days 41.9% of the year
Sign
Sagittarius retreats 4.02°
Uranus Retrograde 1985 Dates: Mar 22 – Aug 23

Uranus’s path through 1985, day by day

Apparent position of Uranus against the zodiac, 1985
Apparent position of Uranus against the zodiac, 1985. Uranus starts 1985 at 15°09′ Sagittarius and ends it at 19°18′ Sagittarius — 4.1° of net progress: 8.2° forward, 4° given back. The loop retraces 4.02° in 153 days, from 17°59′ Sagittarius on Mar 22 back to 13°57′ Sagittarius on Aug 23. Fastest day: Dec 9, 0.061° forward; fastest backward: Jun 8, 0.041°. Counting the shadows, 359 days of 1985 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 8, 1984 – Mar 22, 1985Post-retrograde shadow: Aug 23, 1985 – Dec 6, 1985Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 12, 1985 – Mar 27, 1986Retrograde: Mar 22, 1985 – Aug 23, 198513° Sagittarius14° Sagittarius15° Sagittarius18° Sagittarius19° SagittariusStations retrograde Mar 22, 1985, 10:02 PM UTC, 17°59′ SagittariusR Mar 22Stations direct Aug 23, 1985, 12:19 AM UTC, 13°57′ SagittariusD Aug 23JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Uranus against the zodiac, 1985. Uranus starts 1985 at 15°09′ Sagittarius and ends it at 19°18′ Sagittarius — 4.1° of net progress: 8.2° forward, 4° given back. The loop retraces 4.02° in 153 days, from 17°59′ Sagittarius on Mar 22 back to 13°57′ Sagittarius on Aug 23. Fastest day: Dec 9, 0.061° forward; fastest backward: Jun 8, 0.041°. Counting the shadows, 359 days of 1985 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 8, 1984 – Mar 22, 1985Post-retrograde shadow: Aug 23, 1985 – Dec 6, 1985Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 12, 1985 – Mar 27, 1986Retrograde: Mar 22, 1985 – Aug 23, 198513° Sagittarius14° Sagittarius19° SagittariusStations retrograde Mar 22, 1985, 10:02 PM UTC, 17°59′ SagittariusR Mar 22Stations direct Aug 23, 1985, 12:19 AM UTC, 13°57′ SagittariusD Aug 23JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Uranus starts 1985 at 15°09′ Sagittarius and ends it at 19°18′ Sagittarius — 4.1° of net progress: 8.2° forward, 4° given back. The loop retraces 4.02° in 153 days, from 17°59′ Sagittarius on Mar 22 back to 13°57′ Sagittarius on Aug 23. Fastest day: Dec 9, 0.061° forward; fastest backward: Jun 8, 0.041°. Counting the shadows, 359 days of 1985 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Uranus retrograde 1985: exact times in your city

Uranus turned retrograde at 10:02 PM UTC on March 22, 1985 at 17°59′ Sagittarius — 6:02 PM in Santiago, 5:02 PM in New York, 10:02 PM in London and 7:02 AM on March 23 in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Fri, Mar 22 · 17°59′ Sagittarius Fri, Aug 23 · 13°57′ Sagittarius
Honolulu United States 12:02 PM Fri, Mar 22 · UTC−10 2:19 PM Thu, Aug 22 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 1:02 PM Fri, Mar 22 · UTC−9 4:19 PM Thu, Aug 22 · UTC−8
Los Angeles United States 2:02 PM Fri, Mar 22 · UTC−8 5:19 PM Thu, Aug 22 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 3:02 PM Fri, Mar 22 · UTC−7 5:19 PM Thu, Aug 22 · UTC−7
Denver United States 3:02 PM Fri, Mar 22 · UTC−7 6:19 PM Thu, Aug 22 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 4:02 PM Fri, Mar 22 · UTC−6 7:19 PM Thu, Aug 22 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 4:02 PM Fri, Mar 22 · UTC−6 6:19 PM Thu, Aug 22 · UTC−6
New York United States 5:02 PM Fri, Mar 22 · UTC−5 8:19 PM Thu, Aug 22 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 5:02 PM Fri, Mar 22 · UTC−5 8:19 PM Thu, Aug 22 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 5:02 PM Fri, Mar 22 · UTC−5 7:19 PM Thu, Aug 22 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 5:02 PM Fri, Mar 22 · UTC−5 7:19 PM Thu, Aug 22 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 6:02 PM Fri, Mar 22 · UTC−4 8:19 PM Thu, Aug 22 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 6:02 PM Fri, Mar 22 · UTC−4 8:19 PM Thu, Aug 22 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 7:02 PM Fri, Mar 22 · UTC−3 9:19 PM Thu, Aug 22 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 7:02 PM Fri, Mar 22 · UTC−3 9:19 PM Thu, Aug 22 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 10:02 PM Fri, Mar 22 · UTC 12:19 AM Fri, Aug 23 · UTC
London United Kingdom 10:02 PM Fri, Mar 22 · UTC 1:19 AM Fri, Aug 23 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 11:02 PM Fri, Mar 22 · UTC+1 1:19 AM Fri, Aug 23 · UTC+1
Paris France 11:02 PM Fri, Mar 22 · UTC+1 2:19 AM Fri, Aug 23 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 11:02 PM Fri, Mar 22 · UTC+1 2:19 AM Fri, Aug 23 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 12:02 AM Sat, Mar 23 · UTC+2 2:19 AM Fri, Aug 23 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 12:02 AM Sat, Mar 23 · UTC+2 3:19 AM Fri, Aug 23 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 12:02 AM Sat, Mar 23 · UTC+2 3:19 AM Fri, Aug 23 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 12:02 AM Sat, Mar 23 · UTC+2 3:19 AM Fri, Aug 23 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 1:02 AM Sat, Mar 23 · UTC+3 4:19 AM Fri, Aug 23 · UTC+4
Nairobi Kenya 1:02 AM Sat, Mar 23 · UTC+3 3:19 AM Fri, Aug 23 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 1:32 AM Sat, Mar 23 · UTC+3:30 3:49 AM Fri, Aug 23 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 2:02 AM Sat, Mar 23 · UTC+4 4:19 AM Fri, Aug 23 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 3:02 AM Sat, Mar 23 · UTC+5 5:19 AM Fri, Aug 23 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 3:32 AM Sat, Mar 23 · UTC+5:30 5:49 AM Fri, Aug 23 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 3:32 AM Sat, Mar 23 · UTC+5:30 5:49 AM Fri, Aug 23 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 4:02 AM Sat, Mar 23 · UTC+6 6:19 AM Fri, Aug 23 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 5:02 AM Sat, Mar 23 · UTC+7 7:19 AM Fri, Aug 23 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 5:02 AM Sat, Mar 23 · UTC+7 7:19 AM Fri, Aug 23 · UTC+7
Singapore 6:02 AM Sat, Mar 23 · UTC+8 8:19 AM Fri, Aug 23 · UTC+8
Beijing China 6:02 AM Sat, Mar 23 · UTC+8 8:19 AM Fri, Aug 23 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 6:02 AM Sat, Mar 23 · UTC+8 8:19 AM Fri, Aug 23 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 6:02 AM Sat, Mar 23 · UTC+8 8:19 AM Fri, Aug 23 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 7:02 AM Sat, Mar 23 · UTC+9 9:19 AM Fri, Aug 23 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 7:02 AM Sat, Mar 23 · UTC+9 9:19 AM Fri, Aug 23 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 7:32 AM Sat, Mar 23 · UTC+9:30 9:49 AM Fri, Aug 23 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 8:02 AM Sat, Mar 23 · UTC+10 10:19 AM Fri, Aug 23 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 8:02 AM Sat, Mar 23 · UTC+10 10:19 AM Fri, Aug 23 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 10:02 AM Sat, Mar 23 · UTC+12 12:19 PM Fri, Aug 23 · 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.

153 days · retreats 4.02°

March 22 → August 23, 1985 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde Mar 22, 1985, 10:02 PM UTC at 17°59′ Sagittarius
Stations direct Aug 23, 1985, 12:19 AM UTC at 13°57′ Sagittarius
Shadow opens Dec 8, 1984, 11:55 AM UTC (104 days before)
Shadow closes Dec 6, 1985, 8:41 PM UTC (106 days after)
Full window including shadows 363 days

It begins in Aries season and ends in Leo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Venus in Aries — Mar 22 to Apr 25, 1985 (33 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Scorpio — Mar 22 to Jul 25, 1985 (125 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Scorpio — Mar 22 to Jul 12, 1985 (111 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aries — Mar 24 to Apr 17, 1985 (23 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Capricorn — Apr 5 to Aug 23, 1985 (140 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Aquarius — Jun 4 to Aug 23, 1985 (79 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Leo — Jul 28 to Aug 20, 1985 (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 1985

Previous

1984 Ended August 18, 1984 after 153 days, moving back 4.03° through the zodiac.

Next

1986 Begins March 27, 1986 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 1985

Uranus through the zodiac in 1985

Every sign Uranus occupies during 1985, 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 Sagittarius From Jan 1 – Dec 31 and beyond

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

1985 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1985

Pluto in Scorpio Feb 5, 1985 – Jul 12, 1985 · 156 days
Saturn in Scorpio Mar 7, 1985 – Jul 25, 1985 · 140 days
Venus in Aries Mar 13, 1985 – Apr 25, 1985 · 42 days
Mercury in Aries Mar 24, 1985 – Apr 17, 1985 · 23 days
Neptune in Capricorn Apr 5, 1985 – Sep 12, 1985 · 160 days
Jupiter in Aquarius Jun 4, 1985 – Oct 3, 1985 · 120 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 28, 1985 – Aug 20, 1985 · 24 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Nov 18, 1985 – Dec 8, 1985 · 20 days
← 1984 Uranus retrograde in 1984. All Uranus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1986 → Uranus retrograde in 1986.

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