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Venus retrograde 1909

There was no Venus retrograde in 1909: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on July 27, 1908 in Cancer, and the next began on January 22, 1910 in Pisces.

Retrograde in 1909
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Jul 27, 1908 6:25 PM UTC
Next retrograde station
Jan 22, 1910 5:24 PM UTC
Gap between loops
544 days
Venus Retrograde 1909: None — Next Starts Jan 22, 1910

Venus’s path through 1909, day by day

Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1909
Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1909. Venus starts 1909 at 10°06′ Sagittarius and ends it at 21°32′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 71.4°, all of it forward. The shaded stretch from Dec 21 is the pre-retrograde shadow: Venus is already crossing the degrees it will walk back over after turning on Jan 22, 1910. Fastest day: Feb 11, 1.25° forward. Counting the shadows, 10 days of 1909 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 21, 1909 – Jan 22, 1910SagittariusCapricornAquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1909. Venus starts 1909 at 10°06′ Sagittarius and ends it at 21°32′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 71.4°, all of it forward. The shaded stretch from Dec 21 is the pre-retrograde shadow: Venus is already crossing the degrees it will walk back over after turning on Jan 22, 1910. Fastest day: Feb 11, 1.25° forward. Counting the shadows, 10 days of 1909 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 21, 1909 – Jan 22, 1910SagittariusAquariusAriesGeminiLeoLibraSagittariusAquariusJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Venus starts 1909 at 10°06′ Sagittarius and ends it at 21°32′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 71.4°, all of it forward. The shaded stretch from Dec 21 is the pre-retrograde shadow: Venus is already crossing the degrees it will walk back over after turning on Jan 22, 1910. Fastest day: Feb 11, 1.25° forward. Counting the shadows, 10 days of 1909 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

The Venus stations either side of 1909: exact times in your city

Venus turned retrograde at 5:24 PM UTC on January 22, 1910 at 0°55′ Pisces — 12:24 PM in Santiago, 12:24 PM in New York, 5:24 PM in London and 2:24 AM on January 23 in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Jul 27, 1908 Turns retrograde · Jan 22, 1910
UTC Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · 5°20′ Cancer Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · 0°55′ Pisces
Honolulu United States 7:55 AM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC−10:30 6:54 AM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC−10:30
Anchorage United States 8:25 AM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC−10 7:24 AM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 10:25 AM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC−8 9:24 AM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 11:25 AM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC−7 10:24 AM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC−7
Denver United States 11:25 AM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC−7 10:24 AM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 12:25 PM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC−6 11:24 AM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC−6
Mexico City Mexico 11:48 AM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC−6:36 10:47 AM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC−6:36
New York United States 1:25 PM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC−5 12:24 PM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC−5
Toronto Canada 1:25 PM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC−5 12:24 PM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia 1:28 PM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC−4:56 12:27 PM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC−4:56
Lima Peru 1:16 PM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC−5:08 12:24 PM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 1:57 PM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC−4:27 12:56 PM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC−4:27
Santiago Chile 1:42 PM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC−4:42 12:24 PM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC−5
Buenos Aires Argentina 2:08 PM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC−4:16 1:07 PM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC−4:16
São Paulo Brazil 3:18 PM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC−3:06 2:17 PM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC−3:06
Reykjavík Iceland 5:25 PM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC−1 4:24 PM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC−1
London United Kingdom 6:25 PM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC 5:24 PM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC
Lagos Nigeria 6:38 PM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC+0:13 5:37 PM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC+0:13
Paris France 6:34 PM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC+0:09 5:33 PM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC+0:09
Berlin Germany 7:25 PM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC+1 6:24 PM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 8:25 PM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC+2 7:24 PM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 8:25 PM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC+2 7:24 PM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 7:59 PM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC+1:34 6:58 PM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC+1:34
Istanbul Turkey 8:21 PM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC+1:56 7:20 PM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC+1:56
Moscow Russia 8:55 PM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC+2:30 7:54 PM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC+2:30
Nairobi Kenya 8:55 PM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC+2:30 7:54 PM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC+2:30
Tehran Iran 9:50 PM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC+3:25 8:49 PM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC+3:25
Dubai United Arab Emirates 10:06 PM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC+3:41 9:05 PM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC+3:41
Karachi Pakistan 11:55 PM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC+5:30 10:54 PM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC+5:30
New Delhi India 11:55 PM Mon, Jul 27, 1908 · UTC+5:30 10:54 PM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 12:06 AM Tue, Jul 28, 1908 · UTC+5:41 11:05 PM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC+5:41
Dhaka Bangladesh 12:18 AM Tue, Jul 28, 1908 · UTC+5:53 11:17 PM Sat, Jan 22, 1910 · UTC+5:53
Bangkok Thailand 1:07 AM Tue, Jul 28, 1908 · UTC+6:42 12:06 AM Sun, Jan 23, 1910 · UTC+6:42
Jakarta Indonesia 1:32 AM Tue, Jul 28, 1908 · UTC+7:07 12:31 AM Sun, Jan 23, 1910 · UTC+7:07
Singapore 1:25 AM Tue, Jul 28, 1908 · UTC+7 12:24 AM Sun, Jan 23, 1910 · UTC+7
Beijing China 2:25 AM Tue, Jul 28, 1908 · UTC+8 1:24 AM Sun, Jan 23, 1910 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 2:25 AM Tue, Jul 28, 1908 · UTC+8 1:24 AM Sun, Jan 23, 1910 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 2:25 AM Tue, Jul 28, 1908 · UTC+8 1:24 AM Sun, Jan 23, 1910 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 2:55 AM Tue, Jul 28, 1908 · UTC+8:30 1:54 AM Sun, Jan 23, 1910 · UTC+8:30
Tokyo Japan 3:25 AM Tue, Jul 28, 1908 · UTC+9 2:24 AM Sun, Jan 23, 1910 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 3:55 AM Tue, Jul 28, 1908 · UTC+9:30 2:54 AM Sun, Jan 23, 1910 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 4:25 AM Tue, Jul 28, 1908 · UTC+10 3:24 AM Sun, Jan 23, 1910 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 4:25 AM Tue, Jul 28, 1908 · UTC+10 3:24 AM Sun, Jan 23, 1910 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 5:55 AM Tue, Jul 28, 1908 · UTC+11:30 4:54 AM Sun, Jan 23, 1910 · UTC+11:30

Stations from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris. Swiss Ephemeris agrees on every Venus station 1900–2050: all within a minute. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.

Venus in 1909: a year between two loops

544 days separate the end of one Venus retrograde from the start of the next, and 1909 falls entirely inside that stretch. Venus turns back once every 583.92 days — longer than a calendar year — and each loop is over in weeks, so now and then a whole year passes between two of them.

The run-up to the next loop starts before the year is out: the pre-retrograde shadow opens on December 21, the day Venus first reaches the degree it will later retreat to.

The loops themselves are on the 1908 and 1910 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1909

Previous

1908 Ended July 27, 1908 after 43 days, moving back 16.51° through the zodiac.

Next

1910 Begins January 22, 1910 and runs 41 days.

Gap across 1909

1.5 years between the two — long enough for a whole calendar year to fall inside it with nothing to report.

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 1909

Venus through the zodiac in 1909

Every sign Venus occupies during 1909, 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.

Venus in Sagittarius From Jan 1 – Jan 15
Venus in Capricorn Jan 15 – Feb 9
Venus in Aquarius Feb 9 – Mar 5
Venus in Pisces Mar 5 – Mar 29
Venus in Aries Mar 29 – Apr 22
Venus in Taurus Apr 22 – May 16
Venus in Gemini May 16 – Jun 10
Venus in Cancer Jun 10 – Jul 4
Venus in Leo Jul 4 – Jul 29
Venus in Virgo Jul 29 – Aug 23
Venus in Libra Aug 23 – Sep 17
Venus in Scorpio Sep 17 – Oct 12
Venus in Sagittarius Oct 12 – Nov 7
Venus in Capricorn Nov 7 – Dec 5
Venus in Aquarius Dec 5 – Dec 31 and beyond

15 segments in 1909. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1909 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1909

Pluto in Gemini Sep 26, 1908 – Mar 8, 1909 · 164 days
Neptune in Cancer Oct 20, 1908 – Mar 26, 1909 · 156 days
Jupiter in Virgo Dec 30, 1908 – May 1, 1909 · 122 days
Mercury in Aquarius Feb 2, 1909 – Feb 24, 1909 · 22 days
Uranus in Capricorn Apr 25, 1909 – Sep 27, 1909 · 154 days
Mercury in Gemini Jun 2, 1909 – Jun 26, 1909 · 24 days
Saturn in Aries Aug 5, 1909 – Dec 19, 1909 · 137 days
Mars in Aries Aug 23, 1909 – Oct 24, 1909 · 62 days
Pluto in Gemini Sep 27, 1909 – Mar 10, 1910 · 164 days
Mercury in Libra Sep 30, 1909 – Oct 21, 1909 · 21 days
Neptune in Cancer Oct 23, 1909 – Mar 28, 1910 · 156 days
← 1908 Venus retrograde in 1908. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1910 → Venus retrograde in 1910.

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