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Neptune retrograde 1949

Neptune retrograde 1949: 1 period, 158 days inside the year — 43.4% of 1949. Neptune turned retrograde at 9:36 AM UTC on January 16 at 15°10′ Libra and turned direct at 8:47 PM UTC on June 23 at 12°23′ Libra.

Turns retrograde
Jan 16 9:36 AM UTC
Turns direct
Jun 23 8:47 PM UTC
Retrograde in 1949
158 days 43.4% of the year
Sign
Libra retreats 2.78°
Neptune Retrograde 1949 Dates: Jan 16 – Jun 23

Neptune’s path through 1949, day by day

Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1949
Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1949. Neptune starts 1949 at 14°23′ Libra and ends it at 16°34′ Libra — 2.2° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.78° in 158 days, from 15°10′ Libra on Jan 16 back to 12°23′ Libra on Jun 23. Fastest day: Oct 10, 0.037° forward; fastest backward: Apr 1, 0.027°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1949 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Sep 27, 1948 – Jan 16, 1949Post-retrograde shadow: Jun 23, 1949 – Oct 15, 1949Pre-retrograde shadow: Sep 29, 1949 – Jan 18, 1950Retrograde: Jan 16, 1949 – Jun 23, 194912° Libra13° Libra14° Libra15° Libra16° LibraStations retrograde Jan 16, 1949, 9:36 AM UTC, 15°10′ LibraR Jan 16Stations direct Jun 23, 1949, 8:47 PM UTC, 12°23′ LibraD Jun 23JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1949. Neptune starts 1949 at 14°23′ Libra and ends it at 16°34′ Libra — 2.2° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.78° in 158 days, from 15°10′ Libra on Jan 16 back to 12°23′ Libra on Jun 23. Fastest day: Oct 10, 0.037° forward; fastest backward: Apr 1, 0.027°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1949 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Sep 27, 1948 – Jan 16, 1949Post-retrograde shadow: Jun 23, 1949 – Oct 15, 1949Pre-retrograde shadow: Sep 29, 1949 – Jan 18, 1950Retrograde: Jan 16, 1949 – Jun 23, 194912° Libra13° Libra14° Libra15° Libra16° LibraStations retrograde Jan 16, 1949, 9:36 AM UTC, 15°10′ LibraR Jan 16Stations direct Jun 23, 1949, 8:47 PM UTC, 12°23′ LibraD Jun 23JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Neptune starts 1949 at 14°23′ Libra and ends it at 16°34′ Libra — 2.2° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.78° in 158 days, from 15°10′ Libra on Jan 16 back to 12°23′ Libra on Jun 23. Fastest day: Oct 10, 0.037° forward; fastest backward: Apr 1, 0.027°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1949 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Neptune retrograde 1949: exact times in your city

Neptune turned retrograde at 9:36 AM UTC on January 16, 1949 at 15°10′ Libra — 5:36 AM in Santiago, 4:36 AM in New York, 9:36 AM in London and 6:36 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Sun, Jan 16 · 15°10′ Libra Thu, Jun 23 · 12°23′ Libra
Honolulu United States 11:36 PM Sat, Jan 15 · UTC−10 10:47 AM Thu, Jun 23 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 11:36 PM Sat, Jan 15 · UTC−10 10:47 AM Thu, Jun 23 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 1:36 AM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC−8 12:47 PM Thu, Jun 23 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 2:36 AM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC−7 1:47 PM Thu, Jun 23 · UTC−7
Denver United States 2:36 AM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC−7 1:47 PM Thu, Jun 23 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 3:36 AM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC−6 3:47 PM Thu, Jun 23 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 3:36 AM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC−6 2:47 PM Thu, Jun 23 · UTC−6
New York United States 4:36 AM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC−5 4:47 PM Thu, Jun 23 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 4:36 AM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC−5 4:47 PM Thu, Jun 23 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 4:36 AM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC−5 3:47 PM Thu, Jun 23 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 4:36 AM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC−5 3:47 PM Thu, Jun 23 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 5:06 AM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC−4:30 4:17 PM Thu, Jun 23 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 5:36 AM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC−4 4:47 PM Thu, Jun 23 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 6:36 AM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC−3 5:47 PM Thu, Jun 23 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 6:36 AM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC−3 5:47 PM Thu, Jun 23 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 8:36 AM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC−1 8:47 PM Thu, Jun 23 · UTC
London United Kingdom 9:36 AM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC 9:47 PM Thu, Jun 23 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 10:36 AM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC+1 9:47 PM Thu, Jun 23 · UTC+1
Paris France 10:36 AM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC+1 9:47 PM Thu, Jun 23 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 10:36 AM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC+1 10:47 PM Thu, Jun 23 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 11:36 AM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC+2 10:47 PM Thu, Jun 23 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 11:36 AM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC+2 10:47 PM Thu, Jun 23 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 11:36 AM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC+2 10:47 PM Thu, Jun 23 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 11:36 AM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC+2 11:47 PM Thu, Jun 23 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 12:36 PM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC+3 11:47 PM Thu, Jun 23 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 12:36 PM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC+3 11:47 PM Thu, Jun 23 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 1:06 PM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC+3:30 12:17 AM Fri, Jun 24 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 1:36 PM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC+4 12:47 AM Fri, Jun 24 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 3:06 PM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC+5:30 2:17 AM Fri, Jun 24 · UTC+5:30
New Delhi India 3:06 PM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC+5:30 2:17 AM Fri, Jun 24 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 3:06 PM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC+5:30 2:17 AM Fri, Jun 24 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 4:06 PM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC+6:30 3:17 AM Fri, Jun 24 · UTC+6:30
Bangkok Thailand 4:36 PM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC+7 3:47 AM Fri, Jun 24 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 5:36 PM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC+8 4:47 AM Fri, Jun 24 · UTC+8
Singapore 5:06 PM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC+7:30 4:17 AM Fri, Jun 24 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 5:36 PM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC+8 4:47 AM Fri, Jun 24 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 5:36 PM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC+8 4:47 AM Fri, Jun 24 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 5:36 PM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC+8 4:47 AM Fri, Jun 24 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 6:36 PM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC+9 6:47 AM Fri, Jun 24 · UTC+10
Tokyo Japan 6:36 PM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC+9 6:47 AM Fri, Jun 24 · UTC+10
Adelaide Australia 7:06 PM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC+9:30 6:17 AM Fri, Jun 24 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 7:36 PM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC+10 6:47 AM Fri, Jun 24 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 7:36 PM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC+10 6:47 AM Fri, Jun 24 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 9:36 PM Sun, Jan 16 · UTC+12 8:47 AM Fri, Jun 24 · UTC+12

Stations from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris. Swiss Ephemeris agrees on every Neptune station 1900–2050: median under a minute, largest 1.8 minutes. Near a station Neptune barely moves, so almanacs differ by minutes. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.

158 days · retreats 2.78°

January 16 → June 23, 1949 in Libra

Stations retrograde Jan 16, 1949, 9:36 AM UTC at 15°10′ Libra
Stations direct Jun 23, 1949, 8:47 PM UTC at 12°23′ Libra
Shadow opens Sep 27, 1948, 12:49 AM UTC (111 days before)
Shadow closes Oct 15, 1949, 2:02 PM UTC (114 days after)
Full window including shadows 384 days

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Cancer season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Virgo — Jan 16 to May 1, 1949 (105 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Cancer — Jan 16 to Mar 5, 1949 (48 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Leo — Jan 16 to Apr 26, 1949 (100 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aquarius — Jan 24 to Feb 14, 1949 (21 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Aquarius — May 20 to Jun 23, 1949 (34 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Gemini — May 23 to Jun 16, 1949 (24 days of overlap)

For the sign itself, see Libra and its daily horoscope.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Neptune retrogrades either side of 1949

Previous

1948 Ended June 21, 1948 after 158 days, moving back 2.78° through the zodiac.

Next

1950 Begins January 18, 1950 and runs 159 days.

Both dates are computed from the planet’s apparent motion, not taken from a table. A retrograde begins the moment its daily movement against the stars turns negative, and that moment is findable to the hour.

Computed for 1949

Neptune through the zodiac in 1949

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1949, with the dates it enters and leaves. A sign that appears twice means the planet backed into the previous sign during a retrograde and crossed again.

Neptune in Libra From Jan 1 – Dec 31 and beyond

The whole year is spent in one sign — a sign of how slowly Neptune moves.

1949 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1949

Uranus in Cancer Oct 6, 1948 – Mar 5, 1949 · 150 days
Pluto in Leo Nov 17, 1948 – Apr 26, 1949 · 160 days
Saturn in Virgo Dec 17, 1948 – May 1, 1949 · 135 days
Mercury in Aquarius Jan 24, 1949 – Feb 14, 1949 · 21 days
Jupiter in Aquarius May 20, 1949 – Sep 18, 1949 · 121 days
Mercury in Gemini May 23, 1949 – Jun 16, 1949 · 24 days
Mercury in Libra Sep 21, 1949 – Oct 12, 1949 · 22 days
Uranus in Cancer Oct 11, 1949 – Mar 9, 1950 · 150 days
Pluto in Leo Nov 19, 1949 – Apr 28, 1950 · 160 days
Saturn in Virgo Dec 30, 1949 – May 15, 1950 · 136 days
← 1948 Neptune retrograde in 1948. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1950 → Neptune retrograde in 1950.

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