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Retrograde dates for 1974

These are the exact dates every planet from Mercury to Pluto turns retrograde and turns direct in 1974, in Universal Time. Mercury is retrograde from 15 February 1974 to 9 March 1974, and from 17 June 1974 to 12 July 1974, and from 13 October 1974 to 3 November 1974.

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Mercury retrograde in 1974

Mercury is retrograde in 3 periods touching 1974.

Venus retrograde in 1974

Venus is retrograde in 1 period touching 1974.

Mars retrograde in 1974

Mars does not turn retrograde or direct in 1974.

Jupiter retrograde in 1974

Jupiter is retrograde in 1 period touching 1974.

Saturn retrograde in 1974

Saturn is retrograde in 2 periods touching 1974.

Uranus retrograde in 1974

Uranus is retrograde in 1 period touching 1974.

Neptune retrograde in 1974

Neptune is retrograde in 1 period touching 1974.

Pluto retrograde in 1974

Pluto is retrograde in 1 period touching 1974.

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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