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Venus retrograde 1960

There was no Venus retrograde in 1960: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on September 22, 1959 in Leo, and the next began on March 20, 1961 in Aries.

Retrograde in 1960
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Sep 22, 1959 5:16 PM UTC
Next retrograde station
Mar 20, 1961 8:13 PM UTC
Gap between loops
545 days
Venus Retrograde 1960: None — Next Starts Mar 20, 1961

Venus’s path through 1960, day by day

Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1960
Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1960. Venus starts 1960 at 27°48′ Scorpio and ends it at 24°44′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 86.9°, all of it forward. Fastest day: Mar 22, 1.23° forward. ScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1960. Venus starts 1960 at 27°48′ Scorpio and ends it at 24°44′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 86.9°, all of it forward. Fastest day: Mar 22, 1.23° forward. ScorpioCapricornPiscesTaurusCancerVirgoScorpioCapricornJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Venus starts 1960 at 27°48′ Scorpio and ends it at 24°44′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 86.9°, all of it forward. Fastest day: Mar 22, 1.23° forward.

Exact times

The Venus stations either side of 1960: exact times in your city

Venus turned retrograde at 8:13 PM UTC on March 20, 1961 at 29°06′ Aries — 4:13 PM in Santiago, 3:13 PM in New York, 8:13 PM in London and 5:13 AM on March 21 in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Sep 22, 1959 Turns retrograde · Mar 20, 1961
UTC Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · 29°52′ Leo Mon, Mar 20, 1961 · 29°06′ Aries
Honolulu United States 7:16 AM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC−10 10:13 AM Mon, Mar 20, 1961 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 7:16 AM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC−10 10:13 AM Mon, Mar 20, 1961 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 10:16 AM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC−7 12:13 PM Mon, Mar 20, 1961 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 10:16 AM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC−7 1:13 PM Mon, Mar 20, 1961 · UTC−7
Denver United States 10:16 AM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC−7 1:13 PM Mon, Mar 20, 1961 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 12:16 PM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC−5 2:13 PM Mon, Mar 20, 1961 · UTC−6
Mexico City Mexico 11:16 AM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC−6 2:13 PM Mon, Mar 20, 1961 · UTC−6
New York United States 1:16 PM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC−4 3:13 PM Mon, Mar 20, 1961 · UTC−5
Toronto Canada 1:16 PM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC−4 3:13 PM Mon, Mar 20, 1961 · UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia 12:16 PM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC−5 3:13 PM Mon, Mar 20, 1961 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 12:16 PM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC−5 3:13 PM Mon, Mar 20, 1961 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 12:46 PM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC−4:30 3:43 PM Mon, Mar 20, 1961 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 1:16 PM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC−4 4:13 PM Mon, Mar 20, 1961 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 2:16 PM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC−3 5:13 PM Mon, Mar 20, 1961 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 2:16 PM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC−3 5:13 PM Mon, Mar 20, 1961 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 5:16 PM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC 7:13 PM Mon, Mar 20, 1961 · UTC−1
London United Kingdom 6:16 PM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC+1 8:13 PM Mon, Mar 20, 1961 · UTC
Lagos Nigeria 6:16 PM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC+1 9:13 PM Mon, Mar 20, 1961 · UTC+1
Paris France 6:16 PM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC+1 9:13 PM Mon, Mar 20, 1961 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 6:16 PM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC+1 9:13 PM Mon, Mar 20, 1961 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 7:16 PM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC+2 10:13 PM Mon, Mar 20, 1961 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 8:16 PM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC+3 10:13 PM Mon, Mar 20, 1961 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 7:16 PM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC+2 10:13 PM Mon, Mar 20, 1961 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 7:16 PM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC+2 10:13 PM Mon, Mar 20, 1961 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 8:16 PM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC+3 11:13 PM Mon, Mar 20, 1961 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 8:16 PM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC+3 11:13 PM Mon, Mar 20, 1961 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 8:46 PM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC+3:30 11:43 PM Mon, Mar 20, 1961 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 9:16 PM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC+4 12:13 AM Tue, Mar 21, 1961 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 10:16 PM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC+5 1:13 AM Tue, Mar 21, 1961 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 10:46 PM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC+5:30 1:43 AM Tue, Mar 21, 1961 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 10:46 PM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC+5:30 1:43 AM Tue, Mar 21, 1961 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 11:16 PM Tue, Sep 22, 1959 · UTC+6 2:13 AM Tue, Mar 21, 1961 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 12:16 AM Wed, Sep 23, 1959 · UTC+7 3:13 AM Tue, Mar 21, 1961 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 12:46 AM Wed, Sep 23, 1959 · UTC+7:30 3:43 AM Tue, Mar 21, 1961 · UTC+7:30
Singapore 12:46 AM Wed, Sep 23, 1959 · UTC+7:30 3:43 AM Tue, Mar 21, 1961 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 1:16 AM Wed, Sep 23, 1959 · UTC+8 4:13 AM Tue, Mar 21, 1961 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 1:16 AM Wed, Sep 23, 1959 · UTC+8 4:13 AM Tue, Mar 21, 1961 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 1:16 AM Wed, Sep 23, 1959 · UTC+8 4:13 AM Tue, Mar 21, 1961 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 1:46 AM Wed, Sep 23, 1959 · UTC+8:30 4:43 AM Tue, Mar 21, 1961 · UTC+8:30
Tokyo Japan 2:16 AM Wed, Sep 23, 1959 · UTC+9 5:13 AM Tue, Mar 21, 1961 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 2:46 AM Wed, Sep 23, 1959 · UTC+9:30 5:43 AM Tue, Mar 21, 1961 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 3:16 AM Wed, Sep 23, 1959 · UTC+10 6:13 AM Tue, Mar 21, 1961 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 3:16 AM Wed, Sep 23, 1959 · UTC+10 6:13 AM Tue, Mar 21, 1961 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 5:16 AM Wed, Sep 23, 1959 · UTC+12 8:13 AM Tue, Mar 21, 1961 · 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 1960: a year between two loops

545 days separate the end of one Venus retrograde from the start of the next, and 1960 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 loops themselves are on the 1959 and 1961 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1960

Previous

1959 Ended September 22, 1959 after 43 days, moving back 16.26° through the zodiac.

Next

1961 Begins March 20, 1961 and runs 42 days.

Gap across 1960

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 1960

Venus through the zodiac in 1960

Every sign Venus occupies during 1960, 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 2
Venus in Sagittarius Jan 2 – Jan 27
Venus in Capricorn Jan 27 – Feb 20
Venus in Aquarius Feb 20 – Mar 16
Venus in Pisces Mar 16 – Apr 9
Venus in Aries Apr 9 – May 3
Venus in Taurus May 3 – May 28
Venus in Gemini May 28 – Jun 21
Venus in Cancer Jun 21 – Jul 16
Venus in Leo Jul 16 – Aug 9
Venus in Virgo Aug 9 – Sep 2
Venus in Libra Sep 2 – Sep 27
Venus in Scorpio Sep 27 – Oct 21
Venus in Sagittarius Oct 21 – Nov 15
Venus in Capricorn Nov 15 – Dec 10
Venus in Aquarius Dec 10 – Dec 31 and beyond

16 segments in 1960. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1960 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1960

Uranus in Leo Nov 27, 1959 – Apr 24, 1960 · 149 days
Pluto in Virgo Dec 8, 1959 – May 15, 1960 · 158 days
Neptune in Scorpio Feb 10, 1960 – Jul 18, 1960 · 159 days
Mercury in Pisces Mar 1, 1960 – Mar 24, 1960 · 23 days
Jupiter in Capricorn Apr 20, 1960 – Aug 20, 1960 · 122 days
Saturn in Capricorn Apr 27, 1960 – Sep 15, 1960 · 141 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 3, 1960 – Jul 27, 1960 · 24 days
Mercury in Scorpio Oct 27, 1960 – Nov 16, 1960 · 20 days
Mars in Cancer Nov 20, 1960 – Feb 6, 1961 · 77 days
Uranus in Leo Dec 1, 1960 – Apr 29, 1961 · 149 days
Pluto in Virgo Dec 10, 1960 – May 17, 1961 · 158 days
← 1959 Venus retrograde in 1959. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1961 → Venus retrograde in 1961.

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AstroHot. “Venus Retrograde 1960: None — Next Starts Mar 20, 1961.” Accessed October 31, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/venus/1960/

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