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Retrograde dates for 1968

These are the exact dates every planet from Mercury to Pluto turns retrograde and turns direct in 1968, in Universal Time. Mercury is retrograde from 6 February 1968 to 28 February 1968, and from 6 June 1968 to 30 June 1968, and from 3 October 1968 to 24 October 1968.

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Mercury retrograde in 1968

Mercury is retrograde in 3 periods touching 1968.

Venus retrograde in 1968

Venus does not turn retrograde or direct in 1968.

Mars retrograde in 1968

Mars does not turn retrograde or direct in 1968.

Jupiter retrograde in 1968

Jupiter is retrograde in 1 period touching 1968.

Saturn retrograde in 1968

Saturn is retrograde in 1 period touching 1968.

Uranus retrograde in 1968

Uranus is retrograde in 1 period touching 1968.

Neptune retrograde in 1968

Neptune is retrograde in 1 period touching 1968.

Pluto retrograde in 1968

Pluto is retrograde in 2 periods touching 1968.

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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