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Retrograde dates for 1987

These are the exact dates every planet from Mercury to Pluto turns retrograde and turns direct in 1987, in Universal Time. Mercury is retrograde from 18 February 1987 to 12 March 1987, and from 21 June 1987 to 15 July 1987, and from 16 October 1987 to 6 November 1987.

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Mercury retrograde in 1987

Mercury is retrograde in 3 periods touching 1987.

Venus retrograde in 1987

Venus does not turn retrograde or direct in 1987.

Mars retrograde in 1987

Mars does not turn retrograde or direct in 1987.

Jupiter retrograde in 1987

Jupiter is retrograde in 1 period touching 1987.

Saturn retrograde in 1987

Saturn is retrograde in 1 period touching 1987.

Uranus retrograde in 1987

Uranus is retrograde in 1 period touching 1987.

Neptune retrograde in 1987

Neptune is retrograde in 1 period touching 1987.

Pluto retrograde in 1987

Pluto is retrograde in 1 period touching 1987.

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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