Venus retrograde 1941
There was no Venus retrograde in 1941: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on July 18, 1940 in Gemini, and the next began on January 13, 1942 in Aquarius.
- Retrograde in 1941
- None direct all year
- Previous direct station
- Jul 18, 1940 1:13 PM UTC
- Next retrograde station
- Jan 13, 1942 12:42 AM UTC
- Gap between loops
- 543 days
Venus’s path through 1941, day by day
Venus starts 1941 at 13°05′ Sagittarius and ends it at 17°39′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 64.6°, all of it forward. The shaded stretch from Dec 12 is the pre-retrograde shadow: Venus is already crossing the degrees it will walk back over after turning on Jan 13, 1942. Fastest day: Jan 27, 1.25° forward. Counting the shadows, 20 days of 1941 sit inside a retrograde window.
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Exact times
The Venus stations either side of 1941: exact times in your city
Venus turned retrograde at 12:42 AM UTC on January 13, 1942 at 21°11′ Aquarius — 8:42 PM on January 12 in Santiago, 7:42 PM on January 12 in New York, 1:42 AM in London and 9:42 AM in Tokyo.
| City | Turns direct · Jul 18, 1940 | Turns retrograde · Jan 13, 1942 |
|---|---|---|
| UTC | Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · 26°47′ Gemini | Tue, Jan 13, 1942 · 21°11′ Aquarius |
| Honolulu United States | 2:43 AM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC−10:30 | 2:12 PM Mon, Jan 12, 1942 · UTC−10:30 |
| Anchorage United States | 3:13 AM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC−10 | 2:42 PM Mon, Jan 12, 1942 · UTC−10 |
| Los Angeles United States | 5:13 AM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC−8 | 4:42 PM Mon, Jan 12, 1942 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 6:13 AM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC−7 | 5:42 PM Mon, Jan 12, 1942 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 6:13 AM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC−7 | 5:42 PM Mon, Jan 12, 1942 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 8:13 AM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC−5 | 6:42 PM Mon, Jan 12, 1942 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 7:13 AM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC−6 | 6:42 PM Mon, Jan 12, 1942 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 9:13 AM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC−4 | 7:42 PM Mon, Jan 12, 1942 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 9:13 AM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC−4 | 8:42 PM Mon, Jan 12, 1942 · UTC−4 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 8:13 AM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC−5 | 7:42 PM Mon, Jan 12, 1942 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 8:13 AM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC−5 | 7:42 PM Mon, Jan 12, 1942 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 8:43 AM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC−4:30 | 8:12 PM Mon, Jan 12, 1942 · UTC−4:30 |
| Santiago Chile | 9:13 AM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC−4 | 8:42 PM Mon, Jan 12, 1942 · UTC−4 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 10:13 AM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC−3 | 9:42 PM Mon, Jan 12, 1942 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 10:13 AM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC−3 | 9:42 PM Mon, Jan 12, 1942 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 1:13 PM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC | 11:42 PM Mon, Jan 12, 1942 · UTC−1 |
| London United Kingdom | 2:13 PM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC+1 | 1:42 AM Tue, Jan 13, 1942 · UTC+1 |
| Lagos Nigeria | 2:13 PM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC+1 | 1:42 AM Tue, Jan 13, 1942 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 3:13 PM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC+2 | 2:42 AM Tue, Jan 13, 1942 · UTC+2 |
| Berlin Germany | 3:13 PM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC+2 | 2:42 AM Tue, Jan 13, 1942 · UTC+2 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 3:13 PM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC+2 | 2:42 AM Tue, Jan 13, 1942 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 4:13 PM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC+3 | 2:42 AM Tue, Jan 13, 1942 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 3:13 PM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC+2 | 2:42 AM Tue, Jan 13, 1942 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 4:13 PM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC+3 | 2:42 AM Tue, Jan 13, 1942 · UTC+2 |
| Moscow Russia | 4:13 PM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC+3 | 3:42 AM Tue, Jan 13, 1942 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 3:58 PM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC+2:45 | 3:27 AM Tue, Jan 13, 1942 · UTC+2:45 |
| Tehran Iran | 4:43 PM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC+3:30 | 4:12 AM Tue, Jan 13, 1942 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 5:13 PM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC+4 | 4:42 AM Tue, Jan 13, 1942 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 6:43 PM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC+5:30 | 6:12 AM Tue, Jan 13, 1942 · UTC+5:30 |
| New Delhi India | 6:43 PM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC+5:30 | 7:12 AM Tue, Jan 13, 1942 · UTC+6:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 6:43 PM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC+5:30 | 6:12 AM Tue, Jan 13, 1942 · UTC+5:30 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 7:06 PM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC+5:53 | 7:12 AM Tue, Jan 13, 1942 · UTC+6:30 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 8:13 PM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC+7 | 7:42 AM Tue, Jan 13, 1942 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 8:43 PM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC+7:30 | 8:12 AM Tue, Jan 13, 1942 · UTC+7:30 |
| Singapore | 8:33 PM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC+7:20 | 8:12 AM Tue, Jan 13, 1942 · UTC+7:30 |
| Beijing China | 10:13 PM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC+9 | 8:42 AM Tue, Jan 13, 1942 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 9:13 PM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC+8 | 9:42 AM Tue, Jan 13, 1942 · UTC+9 |
| Perth Australia | 9:13 PM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC+8 | 9:42 AM Tue, Jan 13, 1942 · UTC+9 |
| Seoul South Korea | 10:13 PM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC+9 | 9:42 AM Tue, Jan 13, 1942 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 10:13 PM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC+9 | 9:42 AM Tue, Jan 13, 1942 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 10:43 PM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC+9:30 | 11:12 AM Tue, Jan 13, 1942 · UTC+10:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 11:13 PM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC+10 | 11:42 AM Tue, Jan 13, 1942 · UTC+11 |
| Sydney Australia | 11:13 PM Thu, Jul 18, 1940 · UTC+10 | 11:42 AM Tue, Jan 13, 1942 · UTC+11 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 12:43 AM Fri, Jul 19, 1940 · UTC+11:30 | 12:42 PM Tue, Jan 13, 1942 · UTC+12 |
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 1941: a year between two loops
543 days separate the end of one Venus retrograde from the start of the next, and 1941 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 12, the day Venus first reaches the degree it will later retreat to.
Computed from the actual motion
The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1941
Gap across 1941
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 1941
Venus through the zodiac in 1941
Every sign Venus occupies during 1941, 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.
15 segments in 1941. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.
1941 at a glance
Every other retrograde in 1941
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Venus Retrograde 1941: None — Next Starts Jan 13, 1942.” Accessed November 1, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/venus/1941/
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