When is Mercury retrograde in 2049?

Mercury is retrograde from 2 January 2049 (23:04 UT) to 23 January 2049 (06:18 UT), and from 26 April 2049 (18:23 UT) to 20 May 2049 (13:53 UT), and from 28 August 2049 (19:07 UT) to 20 September 2049 (14:06 UT), and from 17 December 2049 (20:52 UT) to 6 January 2050 (18:47 UT). Times are Universal Time.

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Retrograde dates for 2049

A hand-coloured chart of the planets circling the Sun, with the signs of the zodiac round the edge — Planisphaerium Copernicanum, from Andreas Cellarius's Harmonia Macrocosmica, 1661

These are the exact dates every planet from Mercury to Pluto turns retrograde and turns direct in 2049, in Universal Time. Mercury is retrograde from 2 January 2049 to 23 January 2049, and from 26 April 2049 to 20 May 2049, and from 28 August 2049 to 20 September 2049, and from 17 December 2049 to 6 January 2050.

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Mercury retrograde2 January to 23 January, 26 April to 20 May, 28 August to 20 September, 17 December to 6 January 2050
Venus retrograde22 February to 5 April
Mars retrogradenone
Jupiter retrograde18 October 2048 to 14 February, 20 November to 20 March 2050
Saturn retrograde6 May to 24 September
Uranus retrograde20 December 2048 to 19 May, 25 December to 24 May 2050

Mercury retrograde in 2049

Mercury is retrograde in 4 periods touching 2049.

Saturday 2 January 204923:04 UTMercury turns retrograde at 29°30′ Capricorn
Saturday 23 January 204906:18 UTMercury turns direct at 13°21′ Capricorn
Monday 26 April 204918:23 UTMercury turns retrograde at 21°40′ Taurus
Thursday 20 May 204913:53 UTMercury turns direct at 12°16′ Taurus
Saturday 28 August 204919:07 UTMercury turns retrograde at 27°24′ Virgo
Monday 20 September 204914:06 UTMercury turns direct at 13°16′ Virgo
Friday 17 December 204920:52 UTMercury turns retrograde at 13°36′ Capricorn
After 2049Mercury turns direct on 6 January 2050 and is still retrograde on 31 December 2049

Venus retrograde in 2049

Venus is retrograde in 1 period touching 2049.

Monday 22 February 204921:36 UTVenus turns retrograde at 3°53′ Aries
Monday 5 April 204919:04 UTVenus turns direct at 17°45′ Pisces

Mars retrograde in 2049

Mars does not turn retrograde or direct in 2049.

Jupiter retrograde in 2049

Jupiter is retrograde in 2 periods touching 2049.

Before 2049Jupiter turned retrograde on 18 October 2048 and is still retrograde on 1 January 2049
Sunday 14 February 204900:19 UTJupiter turns direct at 20°57′ Gemini
Saturday 20 November 204912:39 UTJupiter turns retrograde at 4°22′ Leo
After 2049Jupiter turns direct on 20 March 2050 and is still retrograde on 31 December 2049

Saturn retrograde in 2049

Saturn is retrograde in 1 period touching 2049.

Thursday 6 May 204909:19 UTSaturn turns retrograde at 27°24′ Capricorn
Friday 24 September 204915:33 UTSaturn turns direct at 20°46′ Capricorn

Uranus retrograde in 2049

Uranus is retrograde in 2 periods touching 2049.

Before 2049Uranus turned retrograde on 20 December 2048 and is still retrograde on 1 January 2049
Wednesday 19 May 204901:01 UTUranus turns direct at 11°48′ Virgo
Saturday 25 December 204918:01 UTUranus turns retrograde at 20°45′ Virgo
After 2049Uranus turns direct on 24 May 2050 and is still retrograde on 31 December 2049

Neptune retrograde in 2049

Neptune is retrograde in 2 periods touching 2049.

Before 2049Neptune turned retrograde on 26 August 2048 and is still retrograde on 1 January 2049
Saturday 30 January 204913:51 UTNeptune turns direct at 21°03′ Taurus
Sunday 29 August 204903:10 UTNeptune turns retrograde at 26°08′ Taurus
After 2049Neptune turns direct on 2 February 2050 and is still retrograde on 31 December 2049

Pluto retrograde in 2049

Pluto is retrograde in 1 period touching 2049.

Tuesday 8 June 204915:25 UTPluto turns retrograde at 9°22′ Pisces
Saturday 20 November 204901:04 UTPluto turns direct at 7°09′ Pisces

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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