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Retrograde dates for 2040

These are the exact dates every planet from Mercury to Pluto turns retrograde and turns direct in 2040, in Universal Time. Mercury is retrograde from 12 February 2040 to 5 March 2040, and from 13 June 2040 to 7 July 2040, and from 9 October 2040 to 30 October 2040.

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Mercury retrograde in 2040

Mercury is retrograde in 3 periods touching 2040.

Venus retrograde in 2040

Venus does not turn retrograde or direct in 2040.

Mars retrograde in 2040

Mars is retrograde in 1 period touching 2040.

Jupiter retrograde in 2040

Jupiter is retrograde in 1 period touching 2040.

Saturn retrograde in 2040

Saturn is retrograde in 1 period touching 2040.

Uranus retrograde in 2040

Uranus is retrograde in 2 periods touching 2040.

Neptune retrograde in 2040

Neptune is retrograde in 2 periods touching 2040.

Pluto retrograde in 2040

Pluto is retrograde in 1 period touching 2040.

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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