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Venus retrograde 1979

There was no Venus retrograde in 1979: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on November 28, 1978 in Scorpio, and the next began on May 24, 1980 in Cancer.

Retrograde in 1979
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Nov 28, 1978 1:09 PM UTC
Next retrograde station
May 24, 1980 8:10 PM UTC
Gap between loops
543 days
Venus Retrograde 1979: None — Next Starts May 24, 1980

Venus’s path through 1979, day by day

Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1979
Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1979. Venus starts 1979 at 24°06′ Scorpio and ends it at 11°07′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 77°, all of it forward. Fastest day: Oct 25, 1.25° forward. ScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1979. Venus starts 1979 at 24°06′ Scorpio and ends it at 11°07′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 77°, all of it forward. Fastest day: Oct 25, 1.25° forward. ScorpioCapricornPiscesTaurusCancerVirgoScorpioCapricornJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Venus starts 1979 at 24°06′ Scorpio and ends it at 11°07′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 77°, all of it forward. Fastest day: Oct 25, 1.25° forward.

Exact times

The Venus stations either side of 1979: exact times in your city

Venus turned retrograde at 8:10 PM UTC on May 24, 1980 at 2°35′ Cancer — 4:10 PM in Santiago, 4:10 PM in New York, 9:10 PM in London and 5:10 AM on May 25 in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Nov 28, 1978 Turns retrograde · May 24, 1980
UTC Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · 7°20′ Scorpio Sat, May 24, 1980 · 2°35′ Cancer
Honolulu United States 3:09 AM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC−10 10:10 AM Sat, May 24, 1980 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 3:09 AM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC−10 11:10 AM Sat, May 24, 1980 · UTC−9
Los Angeles United States 5:09 AM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC−8 1:10 PM Sat, May 24, 1980 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 6:09 AM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC−7 1:10 PM Sat, May 24, 1980 · UTC−7
Denver United States 6:09 AM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC−7 2:10 PM Sat, May 24, 1980 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 7:09 AM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC−6 3:10 PM Sat, May 24, 1980 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 7:09 AM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC−6 2:10 PM Sat, May 24, 1980 · UTC−6
New York United States 8:09 AM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC−5 4:10 PM Sat, May 24, 1980 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 8:09 AM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC−5 4:10 PM Sat, May 24, 1980 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 8:09 AM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC−5 3:10 PM Sat, May 24, 1980 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 8:09 AM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC−5 3:10 PM Sat, May 24, 1980 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 9:09 AM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC−4 4:10 PM Sat, May 24, 1980 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 10:09 AM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC−3 4:10 PM Sat, May 24, 1980 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 10:09 AM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC−3 5:10 PM Sat, May 24, 1980 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 10:09 AM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC−3 5:10 PM Sat, May 24, 1980 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 1:09 PM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC 8:10 PM Sat, May 24, 1980 · UTC
London United Kingdom 1:09 PM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC 9:10 PM Sat, May 24, 1980 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 2:09 PM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC+1 9:10 PM Sat, May 24, 1980 · UTC+1
Paris France 2:09 PM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC+1 10:10 PM Sat, May 24, 1980 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 2:09 PM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC+1 10:10 PM Sat, May 24, 1980 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 3:09 PM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC+2 10:10 PM Sat, May 24, 1980 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 3:09 PM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC+2 11:10 PM Sat, May 24, 1980 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 3:09 PM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC+2 11:10 PM Sat, May 24, 1980 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 4:09 PM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC+3 11:10 PM Sat, May 24, 1980 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 4:09 PM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC+3 11:10 PM Sat, May 24, 1980 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 4:09 PM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC+3 11:10 PM Sat, May 24, 1980 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 4:39 PM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC+3:30 12:40 AM Sun, May 25, 1980 · UTC+4:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 5:09 PM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC+4 12:10 AM Sun, May 25, 1980 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 6:09 PM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC+5 1:10 AM Sun, May 25, 1980 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 6:39 PM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC+5:30 1:40 AM Sun, May 25, 1980 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 6:39 PM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC+5:30 1:40 AM Sun, May 25, 1980 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 7:09 PM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC+6 2:10 AM Sun, May 25, 1980 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 8:09 PM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC+7 3:10 AM Sun, May 25, 1980 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 8:09 PM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC+7 3:10 AM Sun, May 25, 1980 · UTC+7
Singapore 8:39 PM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC+7:30 3:40 AM Sun, May 25, 1980 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 9:09 PM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC+8 4:10 AM Sun, May 25, 1980 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 9:09 PM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC+8 4:10 AM Sun, May 25, 1980 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 9:09 PM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC+8 4:10 AM Sun, May 25, 1980 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 10:09 PM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC+9 5:10 AM Sun, May 25, 1980 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 10:09 PM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC+9 5:10 AM Sun, May 25, 1980 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 11:39 PM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC+10:30 5:40 AM Sun, May 25, 1980 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 11:09 PM Tue, Nov 28, 1978 · UTC+10 6:10 AM Sun, May 25, 1980 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 12:09 AM Wed, Nov 29, 1978 · UTC+11 6:10 AM Sun, May 25, 1980 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 2:09 AM Wed, Nov 29, 1978 · UTC+13 8:10 AM Sun, May 25, 1980 · 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 1979: a year between two loops

543 days separate the end of one Venus retrograde from the start of the next, and 1979 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 1978 and 1980 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1979

Previous

1978 Ended November 28, 1978 after 41 days, moving back 15.47° through the zodiac.

Next

1980 Begins May 24, 1980 and runs 43 days.

Gap across 1979

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 1979

Venus through the zodiac in 1979

Every sign Venus occupies during 1979, 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 7
Venus in Sagittarius Jan 7 – Feb 5
Venus in Capricorn Feb 5 – Mar 3
Venus in Aquarius Mar 3 – Mar 29
Venus in Pisces Mar 29 – Apr 23
Venus in Aries Apr 23 – May 18
Venus in Taurus May 18 – Jun 11
Venus in Gemini Jun 11 – Jul 6
Venus in Cancer Jul 6 – Jul 30
Venus in Leo Jul 30 – Aug 24
Venus in Virgo Aug 24 – Sep 17
Venus in Libra Sep 17 – Oct 11
Venus in Scorpio Oct 11 – Nov 4
Venus in Sagittarius Nov 4 – Nov 28
Venus in Capricorn Nov 28 – Dec 22
Venus in Aquarius Dec 22 – Dec 31 and beyond

16 segments in 1979. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1979 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1979

Jupiter in Leo Nov 25, 1978 – Mar 26, 1979 · 120 days
Saturn in Virgo Dec 24, 1978 – May 9, 1979 · 136 days
Pluto in Libra Jan 21, 1979 – Jun 27, 1979 · 156 days
Uranus in Scorpio Feb 24, 1979 – Jul 26, 1979 · 152 days
Mercury in Aries Mar 15, 1979 – Apr 7, 1979 · 23 days
Neptune in Sagittarius Mar 23, 1979 – Aug 30, 1979 · 160 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 17, 1979 – Aug 11, 1979 · 24 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Nov 9, 1979 – Nov 29, 1979 · 20 days
Jupiter in Virgo Dec 26, 1979 – Apr 26, 1980 · 122 days
← 1978 Venus retrograde in 1978. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1980 → Venus retrograde in 1980.

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