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Venus retrograde 1947

There was no Venus retrograde in 1947: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on December 8, 1946 in Scorpio, and the next began on June 3, 1948 in Cancer.

Retrograde in 1947
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Dec 8, 1946 9:33 AM UTC
Next retrograde station
Jun 3, 1948 2:02 AM UTC
Gap between loops
543 days
Venus Retrograde 1947: None — Next Starts Jun 3, 1948

Venus’s path through 1947, day by day

Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1947
Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1947. Venus starts 1947 at 25°46′ Scorpio and ends it at 8°11′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 72.4°, all of it forward. The shaded stretch up to Jan 8 is the post-retrograde shadow of the loop that ended on Dec 8, 1946. Fastest day: Oct 17, 1.25° forward. Counting the shadows, 8 days of 1947 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 8, 1946 – Jan 8, 1947ScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1947. Venus starts 1947 at 25°46′ Scorpio and ends it at 8°11′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 72.4°, all of it forward. The shaded stretch up to Jan 8 is the post-retrograde shadow of the loop that ended on Dec 8, 1946. Fastest day: Oct 17, 1.25° forward. Counting the shadows, 8 days of 1947 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 8, 1946 – Jan 8, 1947ScorpioCapricornPiscesTaurusCancerVirgoScorpioCapricornJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Venus starts 1947 at 25°46′ Scorpio and ends it at 8°11′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 72.4°, all of it forward. The shaded stretch up to Jan 8 is the post-retrograde shadow of the loop that ended on Dec 8, 1946. Fastest day: Oct 17, 1.25° forward. Counting the shadows, 8 days of 1947 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

The Venus stations either side of 1947: exact times in your city

Venus turned retrograde at 2:02 AM UTC on June 3, 1948 at 11°08′ Cancer — 10:02 PM on June 2 in Santiago, 10:02 PM on June 2 in New York, 3:02 AM in London and 12:02 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Dec 8, 1946 Turns retrograde · Jun 3, 1948
UTC Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · 17°07′ Scorpio Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · 11°08′ Cancer
Honolulu United States 11:03 PM Sat, Dec 7, 1946 · UTC−10:30 4:02 PM Wed, Jun 2, 1948 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 11:33 PM Sat, Dec 7, 1946 · UTC−10 4:02 PM Wed, Jun 2, 1948 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 1:33 AM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC−8 7:02 PM Wed, Jun 2, 1948 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 2:33 AM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC−7 7:02 PM Wed, Jun 2, 1948 · UTC−7
Denver United States 2:33 AM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC−7 7:02 PM Wed, Jun 2, 1948 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 3:33 AM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC−6 9:02 PM Wed, Jun 2, 1948 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 3:33 AM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC−6 8:02 PM Wed, Jun 2, 1948 · UTC−6
New York United States 4:33 AM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC−5 10:02 PM Wed, Jun 2, 1948 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 4:33 AM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC−5 10:02 PM Wed, Jun 2, 1948 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 4:33 AM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC−5 9:02 PM Wed, Jun 2, 1948 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 4:33 AM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC−5 9:02 PM Wed, Jun 2, 1948 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 5:03 AM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC−4:30 9:32 PM Wed, Jun 2, 1948 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 5:33 AM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC−4 10:02 PM Wed, Jun 2, 1948 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 6:33 AM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC−3 11:02 PM Wed, Jun 2, 1948 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 6:33 AM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC−3 11:02 PM Wed, Jun 2, 1948 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 8:33 AM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC−1 2:02 AM Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · UTC
London United Kingdom 9:33 AM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC 3:02 AM Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 10:33 AM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC+1 3:02 AM Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · UTC+1
Paris France 10:33 AM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC+1 3:02 AM Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 10:33 AM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC+1 4:02 AM Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 11:33 AM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC+2 4:02 AM Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 11:33 AM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC+2 4:02 AM Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 11:33 AM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC+2 4:02 AM Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 11:33 AM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC+2 5:02 AM Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 12:33 PM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC+3 5:02 AM Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 12:33 PM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC+3 5:02 AM Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 1:03 PM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC+3:30 5:32 AM Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 1:33 PM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC+4 6:02 AM Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 3:03 PM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC+5:30 7:32 AM Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · UTC+5:30
New Delhi India 3:03 PM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC+5:30 7:32 AM Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 3:03 PM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC+5:30 7:32 AM Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 4:03 PM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC+6:30 8:32 AM Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · UTC+6:30
Bangkok Thailand 4:33 PM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC+7 9:02 AM Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 5:03 PM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC+7:30 10:02 AM Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · UTC+8
Singapore 5:03 PM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC+7:30 9:32 AM Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 5:33 PM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC+8 11:02 AM Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · UTC+9
Manila Philippines 5:33 PM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC+8 10:02 AM Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 5:33 PM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC+8 10:02 AM Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 6:33 PM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC+9 12:02 PM Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · UTC+10
Tokyo Japan 6:33 PM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC+9 12:02 PM Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · UTC+10
Adelaide Australia 7:03 PM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC+9:30 11:32 AM Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 7:33 PM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC+10 12:02 PM Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 7:33 PM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC+10 12:02 PM Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 9:33 PM Sun, Dec 8, 1946 · UTC+12 2:02 PM Thu, Jun 3, 1948 · 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 1947: a year between two loops

543 days separate the end of one Venus retrograde from the start of the next, and 1947 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 8, when Venus is back at the degree where it first turned.

The loops themselves are on the 1946 and 1948 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1947

Previous

1946 Ended December 8, 1946 after 41 days, moving back 15.38° through the zodiac.

Next

1948 Begins June 3, 1948 and runs 43 days.

Gap across 1947

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 1947

Venus through the zodiac in 1947

Every sign Venus occupies during 1947, 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 5
Venus in Sagittarius Jan 5 – Feb 6
Venus in Capricorn Feb 6 – Mar 5
Venus in Aquarius Mar 5 – Mar 30
Venus in Pisces Mar 30 – Apr 25
Venus in Aries Apr 25 – May 20
Venus in Taurus May 20 – Jun 13
Venus in Gemini Jun 13 – Jul 8
Venus in Cancer Jul 8 – Aug 2
Venus in Leo Aug 2 – Aug 26
Venus in Virgo Aug 26 – Sep 19
Venus in Libra Sep 19 – Oct 13
Venus in Scorpio Oct 13 – Nov 6
Venus in Sagittarius Nov 6 – Nov 30
Venus in Capricorn Nov 30 – Dec 24
Venus in Aquarius Dec 24 – Dec 31 and beyond

16 segments in 1947. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1947 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1947

Uranus in Gemini Sep 27, 1946 – Feb 25, 1947 · 150 days
Pluto in Leo Nov 15, 1946 – Apr 23, 1947 · 160 days
Saturn in Leo Nov 20, 1946 – Apr 3, 1947 · 134 days
Neptune in Libra Jan 12, 1947 – Jun 19, 1947 · 158 days
Mercury in Pisces Feb 27, 1947 – Mar 22, 1947 · 23 days
Jupiter in Scorpio Mar 14, 1947 – Jul 15, 1947 · 123 days
Mercury in Cancer Jul 1, 1947 – Jul 25, 1947 · 24 days
Uranus in Gemini Oct 2, 1947 – Feb 29, 1948 · 150 days
Mercury in Scorpio Oct 25, 1947 – Nov 15, 1947 · 20 days
Pluto in Leo Nov 16, 1947 – Apr 24, 1948 · 160 days
Saturn in Leo Dec 4, 1947 – Apr 17, 1948 · 135 days
← 1946 Venus retrograde in 1946. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1948 → Venus retrograde in 1948.

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