Venus retrograde 1959

1 period, 43 days inside the year — 11.7% of 1959. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

43 days · retreats 16.25°

10 August → 22 September 1959 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 10 Aug 1959, 22:36 UTC at 16.67° Virgo

Stations direct 22 Sep 1959, 17:11 UTC at 0.43° Virgo

Shadow opens 8 Jul 1959 (34 days before)

Shadow closes 25 Oct 1959 (33 days after)

Full window including shadows 109 days

Read against Virgo, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1959

1958 Ended 18 February 1958 after 41 days, moving back 15.62° through the zodiac.

1961 Begins 20 March 1961 and runs 42 days.

Gap across 1959

3.1 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.

← 1958 Venus retrograde in 1958. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1960 → Venus retrograde in 1960.