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Venus retrograde 1963

There was no Venus retrograde in 1963: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on December 3, 1962 in Scorpio, and the next began on May 29, 1964 in Cancer.

Retrograde in 1963
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Dec 3, 1962 11:27 AM UTC
Next retrograde station
May 29, 1964 10:30 AM UTC
Gap between loops
543 days
Venus Retrograde 1963: None — Next Starts May 29, 1964

Venus’s path through 1963, day by day

Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1963
Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1963. Venus starts 1963 at 24°44′ Scorpio and ends it at 9°39′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 74.9°, all of it forward. The shaded stretch up to Jan 3 is the post-retrograde shadow of the loop that ended on Dec 3, 1962. Fastest day: Oct 20, 1.25° forward. Counting the shadows, 3 days of 1963 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 3, 1962 – Jan 3, 1963ScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1963. Venus starts 1963 at 24°44′ Scorpio and ends it at 9°39′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 74.9°, all of it forward. The shaded stretch up to Jan 3 is the post-retrograde shadow of the loop that ended on Dec 3, 1962. Fastest day: Oct 20, 1.25° forward. Counting the shadows, 3 days of 1963 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Dec 3, 1962 – Jan 3, 1963ScorpioCapricornPiscesTaurusCancerVirgoScorpioCapricornJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Venus starts 1963 at 24°44′ Scorpio and ends it at 9°39′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 74.9°, all of it forward. The shaded stretch up to Jan 3 is the post-retrograde shadow of the loop that ended on Dec 3, 1962. Fastest day: Oct 20, 1.25° forward. Counting the shadows, 3 days of 1963 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

The Venus stations either side of 1963: exact times in your city

Venus turned retrograde at 10:30 AM UTC on May 29, 1964 at 6°52′ Cancer — 6:30 AM in Santiago, 6:30 AM in New York, 11:30 AM in London and 7:30 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Dec 3, 1962 Turns retrograde · May 29, 1964
UTC Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · 12°13′ Scorpio Fri, May 29, 1964 · 6°52′ Cancer
Honolulu United States 1:27 AM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC−10 12:30 AM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 1:27 AM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC−10 12:30 AM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 3:27 AM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC−8 3:30 AM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 4:27 AM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC−7 3:30 AM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC−7
Denver United States 4:27 AM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC−7 3:30 AM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 5:27 AM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC−6 5:30 AM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 5:27 AM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC−6 4:30 AM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC−6
New York United States 6:27 AM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC−5 6:30 AM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 6:27 AM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC−5 6:30 AM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 6:27 AM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC−5 5:30 AM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 6:27 AM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC−5 5:30 AM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 6:57 AM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC−4:30 6:00 AM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 7:27 AM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC−4 6:30 AM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 8:27 AM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC−3 6:30 AM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC−4
São Paulo Brazil 8:27 AM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC−3 7:30 AM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 10:27 AM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC−1 10:30 AM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC
London United Kingdom 11:27 AM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC 11:30 AM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 12:27 PM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC+1 11:30 AM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC+1
Paris France 12:27 PM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC+1 11:30 AM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 12:27 PM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC+1 11:30 AM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 1:27 PM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC+2 12:30 PM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 1:27 PM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC+2 1:30 PM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 1:27 PM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC+2 12:30 PM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 2:27 PM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC+3 1:30 PM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 2:27 PM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC+3 1:30 PM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 2:27 PM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC+3 1:30 PM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 2:57 PM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC+3:30 2:00 PM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 3:27 PM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC+4 2:30 PM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 4:27 PM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC+5 3:30 PM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 4:57 PM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC+5:30 4:00 PM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 4:57 PM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC+5:30 4:00 PM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 5:27 PM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC+6 4:30 PM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 6:27 PM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC+7 5:30 PM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 6:57 PM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC+7:30 5:30 PM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC+7
Singapore 6:57 PM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC+7:30 6:00 PM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 7:27 PM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC+8 6:30 PM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 7:27 PM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC+8 6:30 PM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 7:27 PM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC+8 6:30 PM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 8:27 PM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC+9 7:30 PM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 8:27 PM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC+9 7:30 PM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 8:57 PM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC+9:30 8:00 PM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 9:27 PM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC+10 8:30 PM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 9:27 PM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC+10 8:30 PM Fri, May 29, 1964 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 11:27 PM Mon, Dec 3, 1962 · UTC+12 10:30 PM Fri, May 29, 1964 · 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 1963: a year between two loops

543 days separate the end of one Venus retrograde from the start of the next, and 1963 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 3, when Venus is back at the degree where it first turned.

The loops themselves are on the 1962 and 1964 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1963

Previous

1962 Ended December 3, 1962 after 41 days, moving back 15.41° through the zodiac.

Next

1964 Begins May 29, 1964 and runs 43 days.

Gap across 1963

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 1963

Venus through the zodiac in 1963

Every sign Venus occupies during 1963, 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 6
Venus in Sagittarius Jan 6 – Feb 5
Venus in Capricorn Feb 5 – Mar 4
Venus in Aquarius Mar 4 – Mar 30
Venus in Pisces Mar 30 – Apr 24
Venus in Aries Apr 24 – May 19
Venus in Taurus May 19 – Jun 12
Venus in Gemini Jun 12 – Jul 7
Venus in Cancer Jul 7 – Jul 31
Venus in Leo Jul 31 – Aug 25
Venus in Virgo Aug 25 – Sep 18
Venus in Libra Sep 18 – Oct 12
Venus in Scorpio Oct 12 – Nov 5
Venus in Sagittarius Nov 5 – Nov 29
Venus in Capricorn Nov 29 – Dec 23
Venus in Aquarius Dec 23 – Dec 31 and beyond

16 segments in 1963. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1963 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1963

Uranus in Virgo Dec 11, 1962 – May 9, 1963 · 149 days
Pluto in Virgo Dec 14, 1962 – May 21, 1963 · 158 days
Mars in Leo Dec 26, 1962 – Mar 16, 1963 · 80 days
Mercury in Aquarius Jan 11, 1963 – Feb 1, 1963 · 21 days
Neptune in Scorpio Feb 16, 1963 – Jul 25, 1963 · 160 days
Mercury in Gemini May 6, 1963 – May 30, 1963 · 24 days
Saturn in Aquarius Jun 3, 1963 – Oct 21, 1963 · 140 days
Jupiter in Aries Aug 9, 1963 – Dec 5, 1963 · 118 days
Mercury in Libra Sep 6, 1963 – Sep 29, 1963 · 22 days
Uranus in Virgo Dec 16, 1963 – May 13, 1964 · 149 days
Pluto in Virgo Dec 17, 1963 – May 22, 1964 · 158 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 26, 1963 – Jan 15, 1964 · 20 days
← 1962 Venus retrograde in 1962. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1964 → Venus retrograde in 1964.

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