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Retrograde dates for 2050

These are the exact dates every planet from Mercury to Pluto turns retrograde and turns direct in 2050, in Universal Time. Mercury is retrograde from 17 December 2049 to 6 January 2050, and from 8 April 2050 to 1 May 2050, and from 11 August 2050 to 3 September 2050, and from 1 December 2050 to 21 December 2050.

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Mercury retrograde in 2050

Mercury is retrograde in 4 periods touching 2050.

Venus retrograde in 2050

Venus is retrograde in 1 period touching 2050.

Mars retrograde in 2050

Mars is retrograde in 1 period touching 2050.

Jupiter retrograde in 2050

Jupiter is retrograde in 2 periods touching 2050.

Saturn retrograde in 2050

Saturn is retrograde in 1 period touching 2050.

Uranus retrograde in 2050

Uranus is retrograde in 2 periods touching 2050.

Neptune retrograde in 2050

Neptune is retrograde in 2 periods touching 2050.

Pluto retrograde in 2050

Pluto is retrograde in 1 period touching 2050.

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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