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Neptune retrograde 1950

Neptune retrograde 1950: 1 period, 159 days inside the year — 43.4% of 1950. Neptune turned retrograde at 7:20 PM UTC on January 18 at 17°21′ Libra and turned direct at 8:05 AM UTC on June 26 at 14°34′ Libra.

Turns retrograde
Jan 18 7:20 PM UTC
Turns direct
Jun 26 8:05 AM UTC
Retrograde in 1950
159 days 43.4% of the year
Sign
Libra retreats 2.78°
Neptune Retrograde 1950 Dates: Jan 18 – Jun 26

Neptune’s path through 1950, day by day

Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1950
Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1950. Neptune starts 1950 at 16°34′ Libra and ends it at 18°44′ Libra — 2.2° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.78° in 159 days, from 17°21′ Libra on Jan 18 back to 14°34′ Libra on Jun 26. Fastest day: Oct 12, 0.037° forward; fastest backward: Apr 3, 0.027°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1950 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Sep 29, 1949 – Jan 18, 1950Post-retrograde shadow: Jun 26, 1950 – Oct 18, 1950Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 1, 1950 – Jan 21, 1951Retrograde: Jan 18, 1950 – Jun 26, 195014° Libra15° Libra16° Libra17° Libra18° Libra19° LibraStations retrograde Jan 18, 1950, 7:20 PM UTC, 17°21′ LibraR Jan 18Stations direct Jun 26, 1950, 8:05 AM UTC, 14°34′ LibraD Jun 26JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1950. Neptune starts 1950 at 16°34′ Libra and ends it at 18°44′ Libra — 2.2° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.78° in 159 days, from 17°21′ Libra on Jan 18 back to 14°34′ Libra on Jun 26. Fastest day: Oct 12, 0.037° forward; fastest backward: Apr 3, 0.027°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1950 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Sep 29, 1949 – Jan 18, 1950Post-retrograde shadow: Jun 26, 1950 – Oct 18, 1950Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 1, 1950 – Jan 21, 1951Retrograde: Jan 18, 1950 – Jun 26, 195014° Libra15° Libra16° Libra17° Libra18° Libra19° LibraStations retrograde Jan 18, 1950, 7:20 PM UTC, 17°21′ LibraR Jan 18Stations direct Jun 26, 1950, 8:05 AM UTC, 14°34′ LibraD Jun 26JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Neptune starts 1950 at 16°34′ Libra and ends it at 18°44′ Libra — 2.2° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.78° in 159 days, from 17°21′ Libra on Jan 18 back to 14°34′ Libra on Jun 26. Fastest day: Oct 12, 0.037° forward; fastest backward: Apr 3, 0.027°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1950 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Neptune retrograde 1950: exact times in your city

Neptune turned retrograde at 7:20 PM UTC on January 18, 1950 at 17°21′ Libra — 3:20 PM in Santiago, 2:20 PM in New York, 7:20 PM in London and 4:20 AM on January 19 in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Wed, Jan 18 · 17°21′ Libra Mon, Jun 26 · 14°34′ Libra
Honolulu United States 9:20 AM Wed, Jan 18 · UTC−10 10:05 PM Sun, Jun 25 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 9:20 AM Wed, Jan 18 · UTC−10 10:05 PM Sun, Jun 25 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 11:20 AM Wed, Jan 18 · UTC−8 1:05 AM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 12:20 PM Wed, Jan 18 · UTC−7 1:05 AM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC−7
Denver United States 12:20 PM Wed, Jan 18 · UTC−7 1:05 AM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 1:20 PM Wed, Jan 18 · UTC−6 3:05 AM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 1:20 PM Wed, Jan 18 · UTC−6 3:05 AM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC−5
New York United States 2:20 PM Wed, Jan 18 · UTC−5 4:05 AM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 2:20 PM Wed, Jan 18 · UTC−5 4:05 AM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 2:20 PM Wed, Jan 18 · UTC−5 3:05 AM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 2:20 PM Wed, Jan 18 · UTC−5 3:05 AM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 2:50 PM Wed, Jan 18 · UTC−4:30 3:35 AM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 3:20 PM Wed, Jan 18 · UTC−4 4:05 AM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 4:20 PM Wed, Jan 18 · UTC−3 5:05 AM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 5:20 PM Wed, Jan 18 · UTC−2 5:05 AM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 6:20 PM Wed, Jan 18 · UTC−1 8:05 AM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC
London United Kingdom 7:20 PM Wed, Jan 18 · UTC 9:05 AM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 8:20 PM Wed, Jan 18 · UTC+1 9:05 AM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC+1
Paris France 8:20 PM Wed, Jan 18 · UTC+1 9:05 AM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 8:20 PM Wed, Jan 18 · UTC+1 9:05 AM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 9:20 PM Wed, Jan 18 · UTC+2 10:05 AM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 9:20 PM Wed, Jan 18 · UTC+2 10:05 AM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 9:20 PM Wed, Jan 18 · UTC+2 10:05 AM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 9:20 PM Wed, Jan 18 · UTC+2 11:05 AM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 10:20 PM Wed, Jan 18 · UTC+3 11:05 AM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 10:20 PM Wed, Jan 18 · UTC+3 11:05 AM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 10:50 PM Wed, Jan 18 · UTC+3:30 11:35 AM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 11:20 PM Wed, Jan 18 · UTC+4 12:05 PM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 12:50 AM Thu, Jan 19 · UTC+5:30 1:35 PM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC+5:30
New Delhi India 12:50 AM Thu, Jan 19 · UTC+5:30 1:35 PM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 12:50 AM Thu, Jan 19 · UTC+5:30 1:35 PM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 1:50 AM Thu, Jan 19 · UTC+6:30 2:35 PM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC+6:30
Bangkok Thailand 2:20 AM Thu, Jan 19 · UTC+7 3:05 PM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 3:20 AM Thu, Jan 19 · UTC+8 3:35 PM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC+7:30
Singapore 2:50 AM Thu, Jan 19 · UTC+7:30 3:35 PM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 3:20 AM Thu, Jan 19 · UTC+8 4:05 PM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 3:20 AM Thu, Jan 19 · UTC+8 4:05 PM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 3:20 AM Thu, Jan 19 · UTC+8 4:05 PM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 4:20 AM Thu, Jan 19 · UTC+9 6:05 PM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC+10
Tokyo Japan 4:20 AM Thu, Jan 19 · UTC+9 6:05 PM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC+10
Adelaide Australia 4:50 AM Thu, Jan 19 · UTC+9:30 5:35 PM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 5:20 AM Thu, Jan 19 · UTC+10 6:05 PM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 5:20 AM Thu, Jan 19 · UTC+10 6:05 PM Mon, Jun 26 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 7:20 AM Thu, Jan 19 · UTC+12 8:05 PM Mon, Jun 26 · 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.

159 days · retreats 2.78°

January 18 → June 26, 1950 in Libra

Stations retrograde Jan 18, 1950, 7:20 PM UTC at 17°21′ Libra
Stations direct Jun 26, 1950, 8:05 AM UTC at 14°34′ Libra
Shadow opens Sep 29, 1949, 10:45 AM UTC (111 days before)
Shadow closes Oct 18, 1950, 1:42 AM 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

  • Mercury in Aquarius — Jan 18 to Jan 29, 1950 (10 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Aquarius — Jan 18 to Feb 20, 1950 (33 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Virgo — Jan 18 to May 15, 1950 (117 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Cancer — Jan 18 to Mar 9, 1950 (50 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Leo — Jan 18 to Apr 28, 1950 (100 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Libra — Feb 12 to May 3, 1950 (80 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Taurus — May 3 to May 27, 1950 (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 1950

Previous

1949 Ended June 23, 1949 after 158 days, moving back 2.78° through the zodiac.

Next

1951 Begins January 21, 1951 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 1950

Neptune through the zodiac in 1950

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1950, 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.

1950 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1950

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
Mercury in Aquarius Jan 8, 1950 – Jan 29, 1950 · 21 days
Venus in Aquarius Jan 10, 1950 – Feb 20, 1950 · 41 days
Mars in Libra Feb 12, 1950 – May 3, 1950 · 80 days
Mercury in Taurus May 3, 1950 – May 27, 1950 · 24 days
Jupiter in Pisces Jun 27, 1950 – Oct 24, 1950 · 119 days
Mercury in Libra Sep 4, 1950 – Sep 26, 1950 · 22 days
Uranus in Cancer Oct 16, 1950 – Mar 14, 1951 · 149 days
Pluto in Leo Nov 21, 1950 – Apr 30, 1951 · 160 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 23, 1950 – Jan 12, 1951 · 20 days
← 1949 Neptune retrograde in 1949. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1951 → Neptune retrograde in 1951.

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AstroHot. “Neptune Retrograde 1950 Dates: Jan 18 – Jun 26.” Accessed October 31, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/neptune/1950/

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