Venus retrograde 1977

1 period, 42 days inside the year — 11.6% of 1977. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

42 days · retreats 16.32°

16 March → 27 April 1977 in Aries

Stations retrograde 16 Mar 1977, 03:01 UTC at 24.89° Aries

Stations direct 27 Apr 1977, 09:27 UTC at 8.57° Aries

Shadow opens 11 Feb 1977 (33 days before)

Shadow closes 30 May 1977 (33 days after)

Full window including shadows 108 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1977

1975 Ended 18 September 1975 after 43 days, moving back 16.29° through the zodiac.

1978 Begins 18 October 1978 and runs 41 days.

Gap across 1977

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.

← 1976 Venus retrograde in 1976. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1978 → Venus retrograde in 1978.