Venus retrograde 2008
There was no Venus retrograde in 2008: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on September 8, 2007 in Leo, and the next began on March 6, 2009 in Aries.
- Retrograde in 2008
- None direct all year
- Previous direct station
- Sep 8, 2007 4:14 PM UTC
- Next retrograde station
- Mar 6, 2009 5:17 PM UTC
- Gap between loops
- 545 days
Venus’s path through 2008, day by day
Venus starts 2008 at 1°30′ Sagittarius and ends it at 27°15′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 85.7°, all of it forward. Fastest day: Feb 2, 1.24° forward.
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Exact times
The Venus stations either side of 2008: exact times in your city
Venus turned retrograde at 5:17 PM UTC on March 6, 2009 at 15°27′ Aries — 2:17 PM in Santiago, 12:17 PM in New York, 5:17 PM in London and 2:17 AM on March 7 in Tokyo.
| City | Turns direct · Sep 8, 2007 | Turns retrograde · Mar 6, 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| UTC | Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · 16°35′ Leo | Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · 15°27′ Aries |
| Honolulu United States | 6:14 AM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC−10 | 7:17 AM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 8:14 AM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC−8 | 8:17 AM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC−9 |
| Los Angeles United States | 9:14 AM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC−7 | 9:17 AM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 9:14 AM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC−7 | 10:17 AM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 10:14 AM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC−6 | 10:17 AM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 11:14 AM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC−5 | 11:17 AM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 11:14 AM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC−5 | 11:17 AM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 12:14 PM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC−4 | 12:17 PM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 12:14 PM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC−4 | 12:17 PM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 11:14 AM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC−5 | 12:17 PM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 11:14 AM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC−5 | 12:17 PM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 12:14 PM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC−4 | 12:47 PM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC−4:30 |
| Santiago Chile | 12:14 PM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC−4 | 2:17 PM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC−3 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 1:14 PM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC−3 | 3:17 PM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC−2 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 1:14 PM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC−3 | 2:17 PM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 4:14 PM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC | 5:17 PM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC |
| London United Kingdom | 5:14 PM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC+1 | 5:17 PM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 5:14 PM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC+1 | 6:17 PM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 6:14 PM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC+2 | 6:17 PM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 6:14 PM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC+2 | 6:17 PM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 6:14 PM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC+2 | 7:17 PM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 6:14 PM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC+2 | 7:17 PM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 7:14 PM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC+3 | 7:17 PM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 7:14 PM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC+3 | 7:17 PM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC+2 |
| Moscow Russia | 8:14 PM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC+4 | 8:17 PM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 7:14 PM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC+3 | 8:17 PM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 7:44 PM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC+3:30 | 8:47 PM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 8:14 PM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC+4 | 9:17 PM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 9:14 PM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC+5 | 10:17 PM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 9:44 PM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC+5:30 | 10:47 PM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 9:59 PM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC+5:45 | 11:02 PM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC+5:45 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 10:14 PM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC+6 | 11:17 PM Fri, Mar 6, 2009 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 11:14 PM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC+7 | 12:17 AM Sat, Mar 7, 2009 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 11:14 PM Sat, Sep 8, 2007 · UTC+7 | 12:17 AM Sat, Mar 7, 2009 · UTC+7 |
| Singapore | 12:14 AM Sun, Sep 9, 2007 · UTC+8 | 1:17 AM Sat, Mar 7, 2009 · UTC+8 |
| Beijing China | 12:14 AM Sun, Sep 9, 2007 · UTC+8 | 1:17 AM Sat, Mar 7, 2009 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 12:14 AM Sun, Sep 9, 2007 · UTC+8 | 1:17 AM Sat, Mar 7, 2009 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 12:14 AM Sun, Sep 9, 2007 · UTC+8 | 2:17 AM Sat, Mar 7, 2009 · UTC+9 |
| Seoul South Korea | 1:14 AM Sun, Sep 9, 2007 · UTC+9 | 2:17 AM Sat, Mar 7, 2009 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 1:14 AM Sun, Sep 9, 2007 · UTC+9 | 2:17 AM Sat, Mar 7, 2009 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 1:44 AM Sun, Sep 9, 2007 · UTC+9:30 | 3:47 AM Sat, Mar 7, 2009 · UTC+10:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 2:14 AM Sun, Sep 9, 2007 · UTC+10 | 3:17 AM Sat, Mar 7, 2009 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 2:14 AM Sun, Sep 9, 2007 · UTC+10 | 4:17 AM Sat, Mar 7, 2009 · UTC+11 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 4:14 AM Sun, Sep 9, 2007 · UTC+12 | 6:17 AM Sat, Mar 7, 2009 · UTC+13 |
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 2008: a year between two loops
545 days separate the end of one Venus retrograde from the start of the next, and 2008 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.
Computed from the actual motion
The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 2008
Gap across 2008
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 2008
Venus through the zodiac in 2008
Every sign Venus occupies during 2008, 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.
15 segments in 2008. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.
2008 at a glance
Every other retrograde in 2008
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Venus Retrograde 2008: None — Next Starts Mar 6, 2009.” Accessed October 29, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/venus/2008/
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