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Retrograde dates for 1971

These are the exact dates every planet from Mercury to Pluto turns retrograde and turns direct in 1971, in Universal Time. Mercury is retrograde from 19 December 1970 to 8 January 1971, and from 9 April 1971 to 3 May 1971, and from 12 August 1971 to 5 September 1971, and from 3 December 1971 to 22 December 1971.

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Mercury retrograde in 1971

Mercury is retrograde in 4 periods touching 1971.

Venus retrograde in 1971

Venus does not turn retrograde or direct in 1971.

Mars retrograde in 1971

Mars is retrograde in 1 period touching 1971.

Jupiter retrograde in 1971

Jupiter is retrograde in 1 period touching 1971.

Saturn retrograde in 1971

Saturn is retrograde in 2 periods touching 1971.

Uranus retrograde in 1971

Uranus is retrograde in 1 period touching 1971.

Neptune retrograde in 1971

Neptune is retrograde in 1 period touching 1971.

Pluto retrograde in 1971

Pluto is retrograde in 1 period touching 1971.

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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