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Neptune retrograde 2006

Neptune retrograde 2006: 1 period, 160 days inside the year — 43.8% of 2006. Neptune turned retrograde at 1:05 PM UTC on May 22 at 19°49′ Aquarius and turned direct at 7:56 AM UTC on October 29 at 17°01′ Aquarius.

Turns retrograde
May 22 1:05 PM UTC
Turns direct
Oct 29 7:56 AM UTC
Retrograde in 2006
160 days 43.8% of the year
Sign
Aquarius retreats 2.79°
Neptune Retrograde 2006 Dates: May 22 – Oct 29

Neptune’s path through 2006, day by day

Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 2006
Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 2006. Neptune starts 2006 at 15°58′ Aquarius and ends it at 18°06′ Aquarius — 2.1° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.79° in 160 days, from 19°49′ Aquarius on May 22 back to 17°01′ Aquarius on Oct 29. Fastest day: Jan 6, 0.04° forward; fastest backward: Jul 23, 0.03°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 2006 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Oct 26, 2005 – Feb 14, 2006Pre-retrograde shadow: Jan 30, 2006 – May 22, 2006Post-retrograde shadow: Oct 29, 2006 – Feb 17, 2007Retrograde: May 22, 2006 – Oct 29, 200616° Aquarius18° Aquarius19° Aquarius20° AquariusStations retrograde May 22, 2006, 1:05 PM UTC, 19°49′ AquariusR May 22Stations direct Oct 29, 2006, 7:56 AM UTC, 17°01′ AquariusD Oct 29JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 2006. Neptune starts 2006 at 15°58′ Aquarius and ends it at 18°06′ Aquarius — 2.1° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.79° in 160 days, from 19°49′ Aquarius on May 22 back to 17°01′ Aquarius on Oct 29. Fastest day: Jan 6, 0.04° forward; fastest backward: Jul 23, 0.03°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 2006 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Oct 26, 2005 – Feb 14, 2006Pre-retrograde shadow: Jan 30, 2006 – May 22, 2006Post-retrograde shadow: Oct 29, 2006 – Feb 17, 2007Retrograde: May 22, 2006 – Oct 29, 200616° Aquarius19° Aquarius20° AquariusStations retrograde May 22, 2006, 1:05 PM UTC, 19°49′ AquariusR May 22Stations direct Oct 29, 2006, 7:56 AM UTC, 17°01′ AquariusD Oct 29JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Neptune starts 2006 at 15°58′ Aquarius and ends it at 18°06′ Aquarius — 2.1° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.79° in 160 days, from 19°49′ Aquarius on May 22 back to 17°01′ Aquarius on Oct 29. Fastest day: Jan 6, 0.04° forward; fastest backward: Jul 23, 0.03°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 2006 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Neptune retrograde 2006: exact times in your city

Neptune turned retrograde at 1:05 PM UTC on May 22, 2006 at 19°49′ Aquarius — 9:05 AM in Santiago, 9:05 AM in New York, 2:05 PM in London and 10:05 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Mon, May 22 · 19°49′ Aquarius Sun, Oct 29 · 17°01′ Aquarius
Honolulu United States 3:05 AM Mon, May 22 · UTC−10 9:56 PM Sat, Oct 28 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 5:05 AM Mon, May 22 · UTC−8 11:56 PM Sat, Oct 28 · UTC−8
Los Angeles United States 6:05 AM Mon, May 22 · UTC−7 12:56 AM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 6:05 AM Mon, May 22 · UTC−7 12:56 AM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC−7
Denver United States 7:05 AM Mon, May 22 · UTC−6 1:56 AM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 8:05 AM Mon, May 22 · UTC−5 1:56 AM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC−6
Mexico City Mexico 8:05 AM Mon, May 22 · UTC−5 1:56 AM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC−6
New York United States 9:05 AM Mon, May 22 · UTC−4 2:56 AM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC−5
Toronto Canada 9:05 AM Mon, May 22 · UTC−4 2:56 AM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia 8:05 AM Mon, May 22 · UTC−5 2:56 AM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 8:05 AM Mon, May 22 · UTC−5 2:56 AM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 9:05 AM Mon, May 22 · UTC−4 3:56 AM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 9:05 AM Mon, May 22 · UTC−4 4:56 AM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC−3
Buenos Aires Argentina 10:05 AM Mon, May 22 · UTC−3 4:56 AM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 10:05 AM Mon, May 22 · UTC−3 4:56 AM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 1:05 PM Mon, May 22 · UTC 7:56 AM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC
London United Kingdom 2:05 PM Mon, May 22 · UTC+1 7:56 AM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC
Lagos Nigeria 2:05 PM Mon, May 22 · UTC+1 8:56 AM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC+1
Paris France 3:05 PM Mon, May 22 · UTC+2 8:56 AM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 3:05 PM Mon, May 22 · UTC+2 8:56 AM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 3:05 PM Mon, May 22 · UTC+2 9:56 AM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 4:05 PM Mon, May 22 · UTC+3 9:56 AM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 4:05 PM Mon, May 22 · UTC+3 9:56 AM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 4:05 PM Mon, May 22 · UTC+3 9:56 AM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 5:05 PM Mon, May 22 · UTC+4 10:56 AM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 4:05 PM Mon, May 22 · UTC+3 10:56 AM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 4:35 PM Mon, May 22 · UTC+3:30 11:26 AM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 5:05 PM Mon, May 22 · UTC+4 11:56 AM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 6:05 PM Mon, May 22 · UTC+5 12:56 PM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 6:35 PM Mon, May 22 · UTC+5:30 1:26 PM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 6:50 PM Mon, May 22 · UTC+5:45 1:41 PM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 7:05 PM Mon, May 22 · UTC+6 1:56 PM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 8:05 PM Mon, May 22 · UTC+7 2:56 PM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 8:05 PM Mon, May 22 · UTC+7 2:56 PM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC+7
Singapore 9:05 PM Mon, May 22 · UTC+8 3:56 PM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC+8
Beijing China 9:05 PM Mon, May 22 · UTC+8 3:56 PM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 9:05 PM Mon, May 22 · UTC+8 3:56 PM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 9:05 PM Mon, May 22 · UTC+8 3:56 PM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 10:05 PM Mon, May 22 · UTC+9 4:56 PM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 10:05 PM Mon, May 22 · UTC+9 4:56 PM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 10:35 PM Mon, May 22 · UTC+9:30 6:26 PM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC+10:30
Brisbane Australia 11:05 PM Mon, May 22 · UTC+10 5:56 PM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 11:05 PM Mon, May 22 · UTC+10 6:56 PM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC+11
Auckland New Zealand 1:05 AM Tue, May 23 · UTC+12 8:56 PM Sun, Oct 29 · UTC+13

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.

160 days · retreats 2.79°

May 22 → October 29, 2006 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde May 22, 2006, 1:05 PM UTC at 19°49′ Aquarius
Stations direct Oct 29, 2006, 7:56 AM UTC at 17°01′ Aquarius
Shadow opens Jan 30, 2006, 12:35 PM UTC (112 days before)
Shadow closes Feb 17, 2007, 12:59 AM UTC (111 days after)
Full window including shadows 383 days

It begins in Gemini season and ends in Scorpio season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Scorpio — May 22 to Jul 6, 2006 (45 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Sagittarius — May 22 to Sep 4, 2006 (105 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Pisces — Jun 19 to Oct 29, 2006 (132 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Leo — Jul 4 to Jul 29, 2006 (24 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Neptune retrogrades either side of 2006

Previous

2005 Ended October 26, 2005 after 160 days, moving back 2.79° through the zodiac.

Next

2007 Begins May 25, 2007 and runs 160 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 2006

Neptune through the zodiac in 2006

Every sign Neptune occupies during 2006, 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 Aquarius From Jan 1 – Dec 31 and beyond

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

2006 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2006

Saturn in Leo Nov 22, 2005 – Apr 5, 2006 · 134 days
Venus in Aquarius Dec 24, 2005 – Feb 3, 2006 · 41 days
Mercury in Pisces Mar 2, 2006 – Mar 25, 2006 · 23 days
Jupiter in Scorpio Mar 4, 2006 – Jul 6, 2006 · 124 days
Pluto in Sagittarius Mar 29, 2006 – Sep 4, 2006 · 159 days
Uranus in Pisces Jun 19, 2006 – Nov 20, 2006 · 154 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 4, 2006 – Jul 29, 2006 · 24 days
Mercury in Scorpio Oct 28, 2006 – Nov 18, 2006 · 20 days
Saturn in Leo Dec 6, 2006 – Apr 19, 2007 · 135 days
← 2005 Neptune retrograde in 2005. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2007 → Neptune retrograde in 2007.

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AstroHot. “Neptune Retrograde 2006 Dates: May 22 – Oct 29.” Accessed October 30, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/neptune/2006/

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