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Neptune retrograde 2010

Neptune retrograde 2010: 1 period, 159 days inside the year — 43.7% of 2010. Neptune turned retrograde at 6:48 PM UTC on May 31 at 28°42′ Aquarius and turned direct at 6:04 AM UTC on November 7 at 25°54′ Aquarius.

Turns retrograde
May 31 6:48 PM UTC
Turns direct
Nov 7 6:04 AM UTC
Retrograde in 2010
159 days 43.7% of the year
Sign
Aquarius retreats 2.79°
Neptune Retrograde 2010 Dates: May 31 – Nov 7

Neptune’s path through 2010, day by day

Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 2010
Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 2010. Neptune starts 2010 at 24°34′ Aquarius and ends it at 26°43′ Aquarius — 2.2° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.79° in 159 days, from 28°42′ Aquarius on May 31 back to 25°54′ Aquarius on Nov 7. Fastest day: Jan 11, 0.04° forward; fastest backward: Jul 28, 0.03°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 2010 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Nov 4, 2009 – Feb 23, 2010Pre-retrograde shadow: Feb 8, 2010 – May 31, 2010Post-retrograde shadow: Nov 7, 2010 – Feb 25, 2011Retrograde: May 31, 2010 – Nov 7, 201024° Aquarius25° Aquarius27° Aquarius28° Aquarius29° AquariusStations retrograde May 31, 2010, 6:48 PM UTC, 28°42′ AquariusR May 31Stations direct Nov 7, 2010, 6:04 AM UTC, 25°54′ AquariusD Nov 7JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 2010. Neptune starts 2010 at 24°34′ Aquarius and ends it at 26°43′ Aquarius — 2.2° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.79° in 159 days, from 28°42′ Aquarius on May 31 back to 25°54′ Aquarius on Nov 7. Fastest day: Jan 11, 0.04° forward; fastest backward: Jul 28, 0.03°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 2010 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Nov 4, 2009 – Feb 23, 2010Pre-retrograde shadow: Feb 8, 2010 – May 31, 2010Post-retrograde shadow: Nov 7, 2010 – Feb 25, 2011Retrograde: May 31, 2010 – Nov 7, 201024° Aquarius25° Aquarius27° Aquarius28° Aquarius29° AquariusStations retrograde May 31, 2010, 6:48 PM UTC, 28°42′ AquariusR May 31Stations direct Nov 7, 2010, 6:04 AM UTC, 25°54′ AquariusD Nov 7JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Neptune starts 2010 at 24°34′ Aquarius and ends it at 26°43′ Aquarius — 2.2° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.79° in 159 days, from 28°42′ Aquarius on May 31 back to 25°54′ Aquarius on Nov 7. Fastest day: Jan 11, 0.04° forward; fastest backward: Jul 28, 0.03°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 2010 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Neptune retrograde 2010: exact times in your city

Neptune turned retrograde at 6:48 PM UTC on May 31, 2010 at 28°42′ Aquarius — 2:48 PM in Santiago, 2:48 PM in New York, 7:48 PM in London and 3:48 AM on June 1 in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Mon, May 31 · 28°42′ Aquarius Sun, Nov 7 · 25°54′ Aquarius
Honolulu United States 8:48 AM Mon, May 31 · UTC−10 8:04 PM Sat, Nov 6 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 10:48 AM Mon, May 31 · UTC−8 10:04 PM Sat, Nov 6 · UTC−8
Los Angeles United States 11:48 AM Mon, May 31 · UTC−7 11:04 PM Sat, Nov 6 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 11:48 AM Mon, May 31 · UTC−7 11:04 PM Sat, Nov 6 · UTC−7
Denver United States 12:48 PM Mon, May 31 · UTC−6 12:04 AM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 1:48 PM Mon, May 31 · UTC−5 1:04 AM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 1:48 PM Mon, May 31 · UTC−5 12:04 AM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC−6
New York United States 2:48 PM Mon, May 31 · UTC−4 1:04 AM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC−5
Toronto Canada 2:48 PM Mon, May 31 · UTC−4 1:04 AM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia 1:48 PM Mon, May 31 · UTC−5 1:04 AM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 1:48 PM Mon, May 31 · UTC−5 1:04 AM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 2:18 PM Mon, May 31 · UTC−4:30 1:34 AM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 2:48 PM Mon, May 31 · UTC−4 3:04 AM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC−3
Buenos Aires Argentina 3:48 PM Mon, May 31 · UTC−3 3:04 AM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 3:48 PM Mon, May 31 · UTC−3 4:04 AM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC−2
Reykjavík Iceland 6:48 PM Mon, May 31 · UTC 6:04 AM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC
London United Kingdom 7:48 PM Mon, May 31 · UTC+1 6:04 AM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC
Lagos Nigeria 7:48 PM Mon, May 31 · UTC+1 7:04 AM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC+1
Paris France 8:48 PM Mon, May 31 · UTC+2 7:04 AM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 8:48 PM Mon, May 31 · UTC+2 7:04 AM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 8:48 PM Mon, May 31 · UTC+2 8:04 AM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 9:48 PM Mon, May 31 · UTC+3 8:04 AM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 9:48 PM Mon, May 31 · UTC+3 8:04 AM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 9:48 PM Mon, May 31 · UTC+3 8:04 AM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 10:48 PM Mon, May 31 · UTC+4 9:04 AM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 9:48 PM Mon, May 31 · UTC+3 9:04 AM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 11:18 PM Mon, May 31 · UTC+4:30 9:34 AM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 10:48 PM Mon, May 31 · UTC+4 10:04 AM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 11:48 PM Mon, May 31 · UTC+5 11:04 AM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 12:18 AM Tue, Jun 1 · UTC+5:30 11:34 AM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 12:33 AM Tue, Jun 1 · UTC+5:45 11:49 AM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 12:48 AM Tue, Jun 1 · UTC+6 12:04 PM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 1:48 AM Tue, Jun 1 · UTC+7 1:04 PM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 1:48 AM Tue, Jun 1 · UTC+7 1:04 PM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC+7
Singapore 2:48 AM Tue, Jun 1 · UTC+8 2:04 PM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC+8
Beijing China 2:48 AM Tue, Jun 1 · UTC+8 2:04 PM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 2:48 AM Tue, Jun 1 · UTC+8 2:04 PM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 2:48 AM Tue, Jun 1 · UTC+8 2:04 PM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 3:48 AM Tue, Jun 1 · UTC+9 3:04 PM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 3:48 AM Tue, Jun 1 · UTC+9 3:04 PM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 4:18 AM Tue, Jun 1 · UTC+9:30 4:34 PM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC+10:30
Brisbane Australia 4:48 AM Tue, Jun 1 · UTC+10 4:04 PM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 4:48 AM Tue, Jun 1 · UTC+10 5:04 PM Sun, Nov 7 · UTC+11
Auckland New Zealand 6:48 AM Tue, Jun 1 · UTC+12 7:04 PM Sun, Nov 7 · 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.

159 days · retreats 2.79°

May 31 → November 7, 2010 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde May 31, 2010, 6:48 PM UTC at 28°42′ Aquarius
Stations direct Nov 7, 2010, 6:04 AM UTC at 25°54′ Aquarius
Shadow opens Feb 8, 2010, 12:12 PM UTC (112 days before)
Shadow closes Feb 25, 2011, 8:34 PM UTC (111 days after)
Full window including shadows 382 days

It begins in Gemini season and ends in Scorpio season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Pluto in Capricorn — May 31 to Sep 14, 2010 (105 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aries — Jul 5 to Nov 7, 2010 (125 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Aries — Jul 23 to Nov 7, 2010 (107 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Virgo — Aug 20 to Sep 12, 2010 (23 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Scorpio — Oct 8 to Nov 7, 2010 (30 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 2010

Previous

2009 Ended November 4, 2009 after 160 days, moving back 2.79° through the zodiac.

Next

2011 Begins June 3, 2011 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 2010

Neptune through the zodiac in 2010

Every sign Neptune occupies during 2010, 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.

2010 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2010

Mars in Leo Dec 20, 2009 – Mar 10, 2010 · 80 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 26, 2009 – Jan 15, 2010 · 20 days
Saturn in Libra Jan 13, 2010 – May 30, 2010 · 137 days
Pluto in Capricorn Apr 7, 2010 – Sep 14, 2010 · 160 days
Mercury in Taurus Apr 18, 2010 – May 11, 2010 · 24 days
Uranus in Aries Jul 5, 2010 – Dec 6, 2010 · 153 days
Jupiter in Aries Jul 23, 2010 – Nov 18, 2010 · 118 days
Mercury in Virgo Aug 20, 2010 – Sep 12, 2010 · 23 days
Venus in Scorpio Oct 8, 2010 – Nov 18, 2010 · 42 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 10, 2010 – Dec 30, 2010 · 20 days
← 2009 Neptune retrograde in 2009. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2011 → Neptune retrograde in 2011.

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AstroHot. “Neptune Retrograde 2010 Dates: May 31 – Nov 7.” Accessed October 30, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/neptune/2010/

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