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Retrograde dates for 1973

These are the exact dates every planet from Mercury to Pluto turns retrograde and turns direct in 1973, in Universal Time. Mercury is retrograde from 4 March 1973 to 27 March 1973, and from 6 July 1973 to 30 July 1973, and from 30 October 1973 to 19 November 1973.

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Mercury retrograde in 1973

Mercury is retrograde in 3 periods touching 1973.

Venus retrograde in 1973

Venus does not turn retrograde or direct in 1973.

Mars retrograde in 1973

Mars is retrograde in 1 period touching 1973.

Jupiter retrograde in 1973

Jupiter is retrograde in 1 period touching 1973.

Saturn retrograde in 1973

Saturn is retrograde in 2 periods touching 1973.

Uranus retrograde in 1973

Uranus is retrograde in 1 period touching 1973.

Neptune retrograde in 1973

Neptune is retrograde in 1 period touching 1973.

Pluto retrograde in 1973

Pluto is retrograde in 1 period touching 1973.

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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