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Retrograde dates for 2011

These are the exact dates every planet from Mercury to Pluto turns retrograde and turns direct in 2011, in Universal Time. Mercury is retrograde from 30 March 2011 to 23 April 2011, and from 3 August 2011 to 26 August 2011, and from 24 November 2011 to 14 December 2011.

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Mercury retrograde in 2011

Mercury is retrograde in 3 periods touching 2011.

Venus retrograde in 2011

Venus does not turn retrograde or direct in 2011.

Mars retrograde in 2011

Mars does not turn retrograde or direct in 2011.

Jupiter retrograde in 2011

Jupiter is retrograde in 1 period touching 2011.

Saturn retrograde in 2011

Saturn is retrograde in 1 period touching 2011.

Uranus retrograde in 2011

Uranus is retrograde in 1 period touching 2011.

Neptune retrograde in 2011

Neptune is retrograde in 1 period touching 2011.

Pluto retrograde in 2011

Pluto is retrograde in 1 period touching 2011.

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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