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Uranus retrograde 1987

Uranus retrograde 1987: 1 period, 153 days inside the year — 42% of 1987. Uranus turned retrograde at 4:35 AM UTC on April 1 at 26°43′ Sagittarius and turned direct at 2:23 PM UTC on September 1 at 22°43′ Sagittarius.

Turns retrograde
Apr 1 4:35 AM UTC
Turns direct
Sep 1 2:23 PM UTC
Retrograde in 1987
153 days 42% of the year
Sign
Sagittarius retreats 4.01°
Uranus Retrograde 1987 Dates: Apr 1 – Sep 1

Uranus’s path through 1987, day by day

Apparent position of Uranus against the zodiac, 1987
Apparent position of Uranus against the zodiac, 1987. Uranus starts 1987 at 23°25′ Sagittarius and ends it at 27°29′ Sagittarius — 4.1° of net progress: 8.1° forward, 4° given back. The loop retraces 4.01° in 153 days, from 26°43′ Sagittarius on Apr 1 back to 22°43′ Sagittarius on Sep 1. Fastest day: Dec 20, 0.061° forward; fastest backward: Jun 16, 0.041°. Counting the shadows, 360 days of 1987 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 17, 1986 – Apr 1, 1987Post-retrograde shadow: Sep 1, 1987 – Dec 16, 1987Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 21, 1987 – Apr 4, 1988Retrograde: Apr 1, 1987 – Sep 1, 198722° Sagittarius23° Sagittarius24° Sagittarius26° Sagittarius27° SagittariusStations retrograde Apr 1, 1987, 4:35 AM UTC, 26°43′ SagittariusR Apr 1Stations direct Sep 1, 1987, 2:23 PM UTC, 22°43′ SagittariusD Sep 1JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Uranus against the zodiac, 1987. Uranus starts 1987 at 23°25′ Sagittarius and ends it at 27°29′ Sagittarius — 4.1° of net progress: 8.1° forward, 4° given back. The loop retraces 4.01° in 153 days, from 26°43′ Sagittarius on Apr 1 back to 22°43′ Sagittarius on Sep 1. Fastest day: Dec 20, 0.061° forward; fastest backward: Jun 16, 0.041°. Counting the shadows, 360 days of 1987 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 17, 1986 – Apr 1, 1987Post-retrograde shadow: Sep 1, 1987 – Dec 16, 1987Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 21, 1987 – Apr 4, 1988Retrograde: Apr 1, 1987 – Sep 1, 198722° Sagittarius23° SagittariusStations retrograde Apr 1, 1987, 4:35 AM UTC, 26°43′ SagittariusR Apr 1Stations direct Sep 1, 1987, 2:23 PM UTC, 22°43′ SagittariusD Sep 1JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Uranus starts 1987 at 23°25′ Sagittarius and ends it at 27°29′ Sagittarius — 4.1° of net progress: 8.1° forward, 4° given back. The loop retraces 4.01° in 153 days, from 26°43′ Sagittarius on Apr 1 back to 22°43′ Sagittarius on Sep 1. Fastest day: Dec 20, 0.061° forward; fastest backward: Jun 16, 0.041°. Counting the shadows, 360 days of 1987 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Uranus retrograde 1987: exact times in your city

Uranus turned retrograde at 4:35 AM UTC on April 1, 1987 at 26°43′ Sagittarius — 1:35 AM in Santiago, 11:35 PM on March 31 in New York, 5:35 AM in London and 1:35 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Wed, Apr 1 · 26°43′ Sagittarius Tue, Sep 1 · 22°43′ Sagittarius
Honolulu United States 6:35 PM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC−10 4:23 AM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 7:35 PM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC−9 6:23 AM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC−8
Los Angeles United States 8:35 PM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC−8 7:23 AM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 9:35 PM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC−7 7:23 AM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC−7
Denver United States 9:35 PM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC−7 8:23 AM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 10:35 PM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC−6 9:23 AM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 10:35 PM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC−6 8:23 AM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC−6
New York United States 11:35 PM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC−5 10:23 AM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 11:35 PM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC−5 10:23 AM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 11:35 PM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC−5 9:23 AM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 11:35 PM Tue, Mar 31 · UTC−5 9:23 AM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 12:35 AM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC−4 10:23 AM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 1:35 AM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC−3 10:23 AM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 1:35 AM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC−3 11:23 AM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 1:35 AM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC−3 11:23 AM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 4:35 AM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC 2:23 PM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC
London United Kingdom 5:35 AM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC+1 3:23 PM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 5:35 AM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC+1 3:23 PM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC+1
Paris France 6:35 AM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC+2 4:23 PM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 6:35 AM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC+2 4:23 PM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 6:35 AM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC+2 4:23 PM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 6:35 AM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC+2 5:23 PM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 7:35 AM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC+3 5:23 PM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 7:35 AM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC+3 5:23 PM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 8:35 AM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC+4 6:23 PM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC+4
Nairobi Kenya 7:35 AM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC+3 5:23 PM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 8:05 AM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC+3:30 5:53 PM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 8:35 AM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC+4 6:23 PM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 9:35 AM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC+5 7:23 PM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 10:05 AM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC+5:30 7:53 PM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 10:20 AM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC+5:45 8:08 PM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 10:35 AM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC+6 8:23 PM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 11:35 AM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC+7 9:23 PM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 11:35 AM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC+7 9:23 PM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC+7
Singapore 12:35 PM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC+8 10:23 PM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC+8
Beijing China 12:35 PM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC+8 11:23 PM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC+9
Manila Philippines 12:35 PM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC+8 10:23 PM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 12:35 PM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC+8 10:23 PM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 1:35 PM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC+9 12:23 AM Wed, Sep 2 · UTC+10
Tokyo Japan 1:35 PM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC+9 11:23 PM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 2:05 PM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC+9:30 11:53 PM Tue, Sep 1 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 2:35 PM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC+10 12:23 AM Wed, Sep 2 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 2:35 PM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC+10 12:23 AM Wed, Sep 2 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 4:35 PM Wed, Apr 1 · UTC+12 2:23 AM Wed, Sep 2 · 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 4.01°

April 1 → September 1, 1987 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde Apr 1, 1987, 4:35 AM UTC at 26°43′ Sagittarius
Stations direct Sep 1, 1987, 2:23 PM UTC at 22°43′ Sagittarius
Shadow opens Dec 17, 1986, 8:24 AM UTC (105 days before)
Shadow closes Dec 16, 1987, 12:19 PM UTC (106 days after)
Full window including shadows 364 days

It begins in Aries season and ends in Virgo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Sagittarius — Apr 1 to Aug 19, 1987 (140 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Scorpio — Apr 1 to Jul 18, 1987 (108 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Capricorn — Apr 10 to Sep 1, 1987 (145 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Cancer — Jun 21 to Jul 15, 1987 (24 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Aries — Aug 19 to Sep 1, 1987 (13 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 1987

Previous

1986 Ended August 27, 1986 after 153 days, moving back 4.02° through the zodiac.

Next

1988 Begins April 4, 1988 and runs 154 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 1987

Uranus through the zodiac in 1987

Every sign Uranus occupies during 1987, 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.

1987 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1987

Pluto in Scorpio Feb 11, 1987 – Jul 18, 1987 · 157 days
Mercury in Pisces Feb 18, 1987 – Mar 12, 1987 · 22 days
Saturn in Sagittarius Mar 31, 1987 – Aug 19, 1987 · 141 days
Neptune in Capricorn Apr 10, 1987 – Sep 17, 1987 · 160 days
Mercury in Cancer Jun 21, 1987 – Jul 15, 1987 · 24 days
Jupiter in Aries Aug 19, 1987 – Dec 15, 1987 · 118 days
Mercury in Scorpio Oct 16, 1987 – Nov 6, 1987 · 21 days
← 1986 Uranus retrograde in 1986. All Uranus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1988 → Uranus retrograde in 1988.

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