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Venus retrograde 1939

There was no Venus retrograde in 1939: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on December 10, 1938 in Scorpio, and the next began on June 5, 1940 in Cancer.

Retrograde in 1939
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Dec 10, 1938 7:53 PM UTC
Next retrograde station
Jun 5, 1940 10:06 AM UTC
Gap between loops
543 days
Venus Retrograde 1939: None — Next Starts Jun 5, 1940

Venus’s path through 1939, day by day

Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1939
Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1939. Venus starts 1939 at 26°26′ Scorpio and ends it at 7°27′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 71°, all of it forward. The shaded stretch up to Jan 11 is the post-retrograde shadow of the loop that ended on Dec 10, 1938. Fastest day: Nov 9, 1.25° forward. Counting the shadows, 10 days of 1939 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 10, 1938 – Jan 11, 1939ScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1939. Venus starts 1939 at 26°26′ Scorpio and ends it at 7°27′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 71°, all of it forward. The shaded stretch up to Jan 11 is the post-retrograde shadow of the loop that ended on Dec 10, 1938. Fastest day: Nov 9, 1.25° forward. Counting the shadows, 10 days of 1939 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 10, 1938 – Jan 11, 1939ScorpioCapricornPiscesTaurusCancerVirgoScorpioCapricornJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Venus starts 1939 at 26°26′ Scorpio and ends it at 7°27′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 71°, all of it forward. The shaded stretch up to Jan 11 is the post-retrograde shadow of the loop that ended on Dec 10, 1938. Fastest day: Nov 9, 1.25° forward. Counting the shadows, 10 days of 1939 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

The Venus stations either side of 1939: exact times in your city

Venus turned retrograde at 10:06 AM UTC on June 5, 1940 at 13°18′ Cancer — 6:06 AM in Santiago, 6:06 AM in New York, 11:06 AM in London and 7:06 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Dec 10, 1938 Turns retrograde · Jun 5, 1940
UTC Sat, Dec 10, 1938 · 19°34′ Scorpio Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · 13°18′ Cancer
Honolulu United States 9:23 AM Sat, Dec 10, 1938 · UTC−10:30 11:36 PM Tue, Jun 4, 1940 · UTC−10:30
Anchorage United States 9:53 AM Sat, Dec 10, 1938 · UTC−10 12:06 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 11:53 AM Sat, Dec 10, 1938 · UTC−8 2:06 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 12:53 PM Sat, Dec 10, 1938 · UTC−7 3:06 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC−7
Denver United States 12:53 PM Sat, Dec 10, 1938 · UTC−7 3:06 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 1:53 PM Sat, Dec 10, 1938 · UTC−6 5:06 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 1:53 PM Sat, Dec 10, 1938 · UTC−6 4:06 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC−6
New York United States 2:53 PM Sat, Dec 10, 1938 · UTC−5 6:06 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 2:53 PM Sat, Dec 10, 1938 · UTC−5 6:06 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 2:53 PM Sat, Dec 10, 1938 · UTC−5 5:06 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 3:53 PM Sat, Dec 10, 1938 · UTC−4 5:06 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 3:23 PM Sat, Dec 10, 1938 · UTC−4:30 5:36 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 3:53 PM Sat, Dec 10, 1938 · UTC−4 6:06 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 4:53 PM Sat, Dec 10, 1938 · UTC−3 6:06 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC−4
São Paulo Brazil 4:53 PM Sat, Dec 10, 1938 · UTC−3 7:06 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 6:53 PM Sat, Dec 10, 1938 · UTC−1 10:06 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC
London United Kingdom 7:53 PM Sat, Dec 10, 1938 · UTC 11:06 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 8:53 PM Sat, Dec 10, 1938 · UTC+1 11:06 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC+1
Paris France 7:53 PM Sat, Dec 10, 1938 · UTC 11:06 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 8:53 PM Sat, Dec 10, 1938 · UTC+1 12:06 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 9:53 PM Sat, Dec 10, 1938 · UTC+2 12:06 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 9:53 PM Sat, Dec 10, 1938 · UTC+2 12:06 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 9:53 PM Sat, Dec 10, 1938 · UTC+2 12:06 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 9:53 PM Sat, Dec 10, 1938 · UTC+2 12:06 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 10:53 PM Sat, Dec 10, 1938 · UTC+3 1:06 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 10:38 PM Sat, Dec 10, 1938 · UTC+2:45 12:51 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC+2:45
Tehran Iran 11:23 PM Sat, Dec 10, 1938 · UTC+3:30 1:36 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 11:53 PM Sat, Dec 10, 1938 · UTC+4 2:06 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 1:23 AM Sun, Dec 11, 1938 · UTC+5:30 3:36 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC+5:30
New Delhi India 1:23 AM Sun, Dec 11, 1938 · UTC+5:30 3:36 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 1:23 AM Sun, Dec 11, 1938 · UTC+5:30 3:36 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 1:46 AM Sun, Dec 11, 1938 · UTC+5:53 3:59 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC+5:53
Bangkok Thailand 2:53 AM Sun, Dec 11, 1938 · UTC+7 5:06 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 3:23 AM Sun, Dec 11, 1938 · UTC+7:30 5:36 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC+7:30
Singapore 3:13 AM Sun, Dec 11, 1938 · UTC+7:20 5:26 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC+7:20
Beijing China 3:53 AM Sun, Dec 11, 1938 · UTC+8 7:06 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC+9
Manila Philippines 3:53 AM Sun, Dec 11, 1938 · UTC+8 6:06 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 3:53 AM Sun, Dec 11, 1938 · UTC+8 6:06 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 4:53 AM Sun, Dec 11, 1938 · UTC+9 7:06 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 4:53 AM Sun, Dec 11, 1938 · UTC+9 7:06 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 5:23 AM Sun, Dec 11, 1938 · UTC+9:30 7:36 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 5:53 AM Sun, Dec 11, 1938 · UTC+10 8:06 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 5:53 AM Sun, Dec 11, 1938 · UTC+10 8:06 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 7:53 AM Sun, Dec 11, 1938 · UTC+12 9:36 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1940 · 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 1939: a year between two loops

543 days separate the end of one Venus retrograde from the start of the next, and 1939 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 year opens inside the tail of the previous loop: its post-retrograde shadow closes on January 11, when Venus is back at the degree where it first turned.

The loops themselves are on the 1938 and 1940 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1939

Previous

1938 Ended December 10, 1938 after 41 days, moving back 15.37° through the zodiac.

Next

1940 Begins June 5, 1940 and runs 43 days.

Gap across 1939

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 1939

Venus through the zodiac in 1939

Every sign Venus occupies during 1939, 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 Scorpio From Jan 1 – Jan 4
Venus in Sagittarius Jan 4 – Feb 6
Venus in Capricorn Feb 6 – Mar 5
Venus in Aquarius Mar 5 – Mar 31
Venus in Pisces Mar 31 – Apr 25
Venus in Aries Apr 25 – May 20
Venus in Taurus May 20 – Jun 14
Venus in Gemini Jun 14 – Jul 9
Venus in Cancer Jul 9 – Aug 2
Venus in Leo Aug 2 – Aug 26
Venus in Virgo Aug 26 – Sep 20
Venus in Libra Sep 20 – Oct 14
Venus in Scorpio Oct 14 – Nov 7
Venus in Sagittarius Nov 7 – Dec 1
Venus in Capricorn Dec 1 – Dec 25
Venus in Aquarius Dec 25 – Dec 31 and beyond

16 segments in 1939. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1939 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1939

Uranus in Taurus Aug 24, 1938 – Jan 22, 1939 · 151 days
Pluto in Leo Nov 2, 1938 – Apr 12, 1939 · 161 days
Neptune in Virgo Dec 26, 1938 – Jun 1, 1939 · 158 days
Mercury in Aries Mar 24, 1939 – Apr 16, 1939 · 23 days
Mars in Aquarius Jun 22, 1939 – Aug 23, 1939 · 62 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 27, 1939 – Aug 20, 1939 · 24 days
Jupiter in Aries Jul 29, 1939 – Nov 24, 1939 · 118 days
Saturn in Taurus Aug 14, 1939 – Dec 28, 1939 · 136 days
Uranus in Taurus Aug 28, 1939 – Jan 26, 1940 · 151 days
Pluto in Leo Nov 4, 1939 – Apr 13, 1940 · 161 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Nov 18, 1939 – Dec 8, 1939 · 20 days
Neptune in Virgo Dec 28, 1939 – Jun 3, 1940 · 158 days
← 1938 Venus retrograde in 1938. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1940 → Venus retrograde in 1940.

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AstroHot. “Venus Retrograde 1939: None — Next Starts Jun 5, 1940.” Accessed November 1, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/venus/1939/

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