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Venus retrograde 2016

There was no Venus retrograde in 2016: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on September 6, 2015 in Leo, and the next began on March 4, 2017 in Aries.

Retrograde in 2016
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Sep 6, 2015 8:29 AM UTC
Next retrograde station
Mar 4, 2017 9:09 AM UTC
Gap between loops
545 days
Venus Retrograde 2016: None — Next Starts Mar 4, 2017

Venus’s path through 2016, day by day

Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 2016
Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 2016. Venus starts 2016 at 2°03′ Sagittarius and ends it at 27°29′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 85.4°, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 31, 1.24° forward. SagittariusCapricornAquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 2016. Venus starts 2016 at 2°03′ Sagittarius and ends it at 27°29′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 85.4°, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 31, 1.24° forward. SagittariusAquariusAriesGeminiLeoLibraSagittariusAquariusJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Venus starts 2016 at 2°03′ Sagittarius and ends it at 27°29′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 85.4°, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 31, 1.24° forward.

Exact times

The Venus stations either side of 2016: exact times in your city

Venus turned retrograde at 9:09 AM UTC on March 4, 2017 at 13°08′ Aries — 6:09 AM in Santiago, 4:09 AM in New York, 9:09 AM in London and 6:09 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Sep 6, 2015 Turns retrograde · Mar 4, 2017
UTC Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · 14°23′ Leo Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · 13°08′ Aries
Honolulu United States 10:29 PM Sat, Sep 5, 2015 · UTC−10 11:09 PM Fri, Mar 3, 2017 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 12:29 AM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC−8 12:09 AM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC−9
Los Angeles United States 1:29 AM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC−7 1:09 AM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 1:29 AM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC−7 2:09 AM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC−7
Denver United States 2:29 AM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC−6 2:09 AM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 3:29 AM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC−5 3:09 AM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC−6
Mexico City Mexico 3:29 AM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC−5 3:09 AM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC−6
New York United States 4:29 AM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC−4 4:09 AM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC−5
Toronto Canada 4:29 AM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC−4 4:09 AM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia 3:29 AM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC−5 4:09 AM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 3:29 AM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC−5 4:09 AM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 3:59 AM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC−4:30 5:09 AM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 5:29 AM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC−3 6:09 AM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC−3
Buenos Aires Argentina 5:29 AM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC−3 6:09 AM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 5:29 AM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC−3 6:09 AM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 8:29 AM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC 9:09 AM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC
London United Kingdom 9:29 AM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC+1 9:09 AM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC
Lagos Nigeria 9:29 AM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC+1 10:09 AM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC+1
Paris France 10:29 AM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC+2 10:09 AM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 10:29 AM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC+2 10:09 AM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 10:29 AM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC+2 11:09 AM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 10:29 AM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC+2 11:09 AM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 11:29 AM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC+3 11:09 AM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 11:29 AM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC+3 12:09 PM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 11:29 AM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC+3 12:09 PM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 11:29 AM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC+3 12:09 PM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 12:59 PM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC+4:30 12:39 PM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 12:29 PM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC+4 1:09 PM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 1:29 PM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC+5 2:09 PM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 1:59 PM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC+5:30 2:39 PM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 2:14 PM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC+5:45 2:54 PM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 2:29 PM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC+6 3:09 PM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 3:29 PM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC+7 4:09 PM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 3:29 PM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC+7 4:09 PM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC+7
Singapore 4:29 PM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC+8 5:09 PM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC+8
Beijing China 4:29 PM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC+8 5:09 PM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 4:29 PM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC+8 5:09 PM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 4:29 PM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC+8 5:09 PM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 5:29 PM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC+9 6:09 PM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 5:29 PM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC+9 6:09 PM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 5:59 PM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC+9:30 7:39 PM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC+10:30
Brisbane Australia 6:29 PM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC+10 7:09 PM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 6:29 PM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC+10 8:09 PM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · UTC+11
Auckland New Zealand 8:29 PM Sun, Sep 6, 2015 · UTC+12 10:09 PM Sat, Mar 4, 2017 · 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 2016: a year between two loops

545 days separate the end of one Venus retrograde from the start of the next, and 2016 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 2015 and 2017 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 2016

Previous

2015 Ended September 6, 2015 after 43 days, moving back 16.38° through the zodiac.

Next

2017 Begins March 4, 2017 and runs 42 days.

Gap across 2016

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 2016

Venus through the zodiac in 2016

Every sign Venus occupies during 2016, 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 Sagittarius From Jan 1 – Jan 23
Venus in Capricorn Jan 23 – Feb 17
Venus in Aquarius Feb 17 – Mar 12
Venus in Pisces Mar 12 – Apr 5
Venus in Aries Apr 5 – Apr 30
Venus in Taurus Apr 30 – May 24
Venus in Gemini May 24 – Jun 17
Venus in Cancer Jun 17 – Jul 12
Venus in Leo Jul 12 – Aug 5
Venus in Virgo Aug 5 – Aug 30
Venus in Libra Aug 30 – Sep 23
Venus in Scorpio Sep 23 – Oct 18
Venus in Sagittarius Oct 18 – Nov 12
Venus in Capricorn Nov 12 – Dec 7
Venus in Aquarius Dec 7 – Dec 31 and beyond

15 segments in 2016. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

2016 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2016

Mercury in Aquarius Jan 5, 2016 – Jan 25, 2016 · 20 days
Jupiter in Virgo Jan 8, 2016 – May 9, 2016 · 122 days
Saturn in Sagittarius Mar 25, 2016 – Aug 13, 2016 · 141 days
Mars in Sagittarius Apr 17, 2016 – Jun 29, 2016 · 73 days
Pluto in Capricorn Apr 18, 2016 – Sep 26, 2016 · 161 days
Mercury in Taurus Apr 28, 2016 – May 22, 2016 · 24 days
Neptune in Pisces Jun 13, 2016 – Nov 20, 2016 · 159 days
Uranus in Aries Jul 29, 2016 – Dec 29, 2016 · 153 days
Mercury in Virgo Aug 30, 2016 – Sep 22, 2016 · 23 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 19, 2016 – Jan 8, 2017 · 20 days
← 2015 Venus retrograde in 2015. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2017 → Venus retrograde in 2017.

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AstroHot. “Venus Retrograde 2016: None — Next Starts Mar 4, 2017.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/venus/2016/

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