Venus retrograde 2009

1 period, 42 days inside the year — 11.5% of 2009. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

42 days · retreats 16.25°

6 March → 17 April 2009 in Aries

Stations retrograde 6 Mar 2009, 17:19 UTC at 15.32° Aries

Stations direct 17 Apr 2009, 19:54 UTC at 29.07° Pisces

Shadow opens 2 Feb 2009 (33 days before)

Shadow closes 21 May 2009 (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 2009

2007 Ended 8 September 2007 after 43 days, moving back 16.36° through the zodiac.

2010 Begins 8 October 2010 and runs 42 days.

Gap across 2009

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.

← 2008 Venus retrograde in 2008. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2010 → Venus retrograde in 2010.