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Retrograde dates for 1949

These are the exact dates every planet from Mercury to Pluto turns retrograde and turns direct in 1949, in Universal Time. Mercury is retrograde from 24 January 1949 to 14 February 1949, and from 23 May 1949 to 16 June 1949, and from 21 September 1949 to 12 October 1949.

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Mercury retrograde in 1949

Mercury is retrograde in 3 periods touching 1949.

Venus retrograde in 1949

Venus does not turn retrograde or direct in 1949.

Mars retrograde in 1949

Mars does not turn retrograde or direct in 1949.

Jupiter retrograde in 1949

Jupiter is retrograde in 1 period touching 1949.

Saturn retrograde in 1949

Saturn is retrograde in 2 periods touching 1949.

Uranus retrograde in 1949

Uranus is retrograde in 2 periods touching 1949.

Neptune retrograde in 1949

Neptune is retrograde in 1 period touching 1949.

Pluto retrograde in 1949

Pluto is retrograde in 2 periods touching 1949.

What “retrograde” means here

A planet is retrograde when its ecliptic longitude, seen from the Earth, is decreasing: it appears to move backwards against the stars. A station is the moment it appears to stop before changing direction. The Sun and the Moon never turn retrograde. Each date above is a station computed to the minute.

What these dates are worth

Every time on this page is computed by the engine that casts the charts, not copied from a table. All times are Universal Time (UT), so a date can fall a day either side of your own clock: add your time zone's offset to get local time. The Moon is checked against NASA and JPL values and the planets against published station and ingress dates; the table of what Umbriel checks, and how close it comes is public. Umbriel is for reflection and self-understanding, not prediction.

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