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Saturn retrograde 2050

Saturn retrograde 2050: 1 period, 141 days inside the year — 38.6% of 2050. Saturn turns retrograde at 2:29 PM UTC on May 18 at 8°55′ Aquarius and turns direct at 12:43 PM UTC on October 6 at 2°16′ Aquarius.

Turns retrograde
May 18 2:29 PM UTC
Turns direct
Oct 6 12:43 PM UTC
Retrograde in 2050
141 days 38.6% of the year
Sign
Aquarius retreats 6.65°
Saturn Retrograde 2050 Dates: May 18 – Oct 6

Saturn’s path through 2050, day by day

Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 2050
Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 2050. Saturn starts 2050 at 27°34′ Capricorn and ends it at 8°24′ Aquarius — 10.8° of net progress: 17.5° forward, 6.7° given back. The loop retraces 6.65° in 141 days, from 8°55′ Aquarius on May 18 back to 2°16′ Aquarius on Oct 6. Fastest day: Dec 30, 0.72° forward; fastest backward: Jul 24, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 325 days of 2050 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Feb 9, 2050 – May 18, 2050Post-retrograde shadow: Oct 6, 2050 – Jan 11, 2051Retrograde: May 18, 2050 – Oct 6, 205026° Capricorn28° Capricorn0° Aquarius2° Aquarius4° Aquarius6° Aquarius8° AquariusStations retrograde May 18, 2050, 2:29 PM UTC, 8°55′ AquariusR May 18Stations direct Oct 6, 2050, 12:43 PM UTC, 2°16′ AquariusD Oct 6JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 2050. Saturn starts 2050 at 27°34′ Capricorn and ends it at 8°24′ Aquarius — 10.8° of net progress: 17.5° forward, 6.7° given back. The loop retraces 6.65° in 141 days, from 8°55′ Aquarius on May 18 back to 2°16′ Aquarius on Oct 6. Fastest day: Dec 30, 0.72° forward; fastest backward: Jul 24, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 325 days of 2050 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Feb 9, 2050 – May 18, 2050Post-retrograde shadow: Oct 6, 2050 – Jan 11, 2051Retrograde: May 18, 2050 – Oct 6, 205026° Capricorn28° Capricorn0° Aquarius8° AquariusStations retrograde May 18, 2050, 2:29 PM UTC, 8°55′ AquariusR May 18Stations direct Oct 6, 2050, 12:43 PM UTC, 2°16′ AquariusD Oct 6JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Saturn starts 2050 at 27°34′ Capricorn and ends it at 8°24′ Aquarius — 10.8° of net progress: 17.5° forward, 6.7° given back. The loop retraces 6.65° in 141 days, from 8°55′ Aquarius on May 18 back to 2°16′ Aquarius on Oct 6. Fastest day: Dec 30, 0.72° forward; fastest backward: Jul 24, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 325 days of 2050 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Saturn retrograde 2050: exact times in your city

Saturn turns retrograde at 2:29 PM UTC on May 18, 2050 at 8°55′ Aquarius — 10:29 AM in Santiago, 10:29 AM in New York, 3:29 PM in London and 11:29 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Wed, May 18 · 8°55′ Aquarius Thu, Oct 6 · 2°16′ Aquarius
Honolulu United States 4:29 AM Wed, May 18 · UTC−10 2:43 AM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 6:29 AM Wed, May 18 · UTC−8 4:43 AM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC−8
Los Angeles United States 7:29 AM Wed, May 18 · UTC−7 5:43 AM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 7:29 AM Wed, May 18 · UTC−7 5:43 AM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC−7
Denver United States 8:29 AM Wed, May 18 · UTC−6 6:43 AM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 9:29 AM Wed, May 18 · UTC−5 7:43 AM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 8:29 AM Wed, May 18 · UTC−6 6:43 AM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC−6
New York United States 10:29 AM Wed, May 18 · UTC−4 8:43 AM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 10:29 AM Wed, May 18 · UTC−4 8:43 AM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 9:29 AM Wed, May 18 · UTC−5 7:43 AM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 9:29 AM Wed, May 18 · UTC−5 7:43 AM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 10:29 AM Wed, May 18 · UTC−4 8:43 AM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 10:29 AM Wed, May 18 · UTC−4 9:43 AM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC−3
Buenos Aires Argentina 11:29 AM Wed, May 18 · UTC−3 9:43 AM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 11:29 AM Wed, May 18 · UTC−3 9:43 AM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 2:29 PM Wed, May 18 · UTC 12:43 PM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC
London United Kingdom 3:29 PM Wed, May 18 · UTC+1 1:43 PM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 3:29 PM Wed, May 18 · UTC+1 1:43 PM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC+1
Paris France 4:29 PM Wed, May 18 · UTC+2 2:43 PM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 4:29 PM Wed, May 18 · UTC+2 2:43 PM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 4:29 PM Wed, May 18 · UTC+2 2:43 PM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 5:29 PM Wed, May 18 · UTC+3 3:43 PM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 5:29 PM Wed, May 18 · UTC+3 3:43 PM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 5:29 PM Wed, May 18 · UTC+3 3:43 PM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 5:29 PM Wed, May 18 · UTC+3 3:43 PM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 5:29 PM Wed, May 18 · UTC+3 3:43 PM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 5:59 PM Wed, May 18 · UTC+3:30 4:13 PM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 6:29 PM Wed, May 18 · UTC+4 4:43 PM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 7:29 PM Wed, May 18 · UTC+5 5:43 PM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 7:59 PM Wed, May 18 · UTC+5:30 6:13 PM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 8:14 PM Wed, May 18 · UTC+5:45 6:28 PM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 8:29 PM Wed, May 18 · UTC+6 6:43 PM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 9:29 PM Wed, May 18 · UTC+7 7:43 PM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 9:29 PM Wed, May 18 · UTC+7 7:43 PM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC+7
Singapore 10:29 PM Wed, May 18 · UTC+8 8:43 PM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC+8
Beijing China 10:29 PM Wed, May 18 · UTC+8 8:43 PM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 10:29 PM Wed, May 18 · UTC+8 8:43 PM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 10:29 PM Wed, May 18 · UTC+8 8:43 PM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 11:29 PM Wed, May 18 · UTC+9 9:43 PM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 11:29 PM Wed, May 18 · UTC+9 9:43 PM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 11:59 PM Wed, May 18 · UTC+9:30 11:13 PM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC+10:30
Brisbane Australia 12:29 AM Thu, May 19 · UTC+10 10:43 PM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 12:29 AM Thu, May 19 · UTC+10 11:43 PM Thu, Oct 6 · UTC+11
Auckland New Zealand 2:29 AM Thu, May 19 · UTC+12 1:43 AM Fri, Oct 7 · UTC+13

Stations from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris. Swiss Ephemeris agrees on every Saturn station 1900–2050: median under a minute, largest 1.2 minutes. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.

141 days · retreats 6.65°

May 18 → October 6, 2050 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde May 18, 2050, 2:29 PM UTC at 8°55′ Aquarius
Stations direct Oct 6, 2050, 12:43 PM UTC at 2°16′ Aquarius
Shadow opens Feb 9, 2050, 9:05 PM UTC (98 days before)
Shadow closes Jan 11, 2051, 12:46 AM UTC (97 days after)
Full window including shadows 335 days

It begins in Taurus season and ends in Libra season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Virgo — May 18 to May 24, 2050 (6 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Pisces — Jun 10 to Oct 6, 2050 (118 days of overlap)
  • Mars in Aquarius — Jul 15 to Sep 13, 2050 (60 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Virgo — Aug 11 to Sep 3, 2050 (24 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Taurus — Aug 31 to Oct 6, 2050 (36 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Taurus — Aug 31 to Oct 6, 2050 (36 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Scorpio — Sep 25 to Oct 6, 2050 (11 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 2050

Previous

2049 Ended September 24, 2049 after 141 days, moving back 6.64° through the zodiac.

Next

2051 Begins May 30, 2051 and runs 141 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 2050

Saturn through the zodiac in 2050

Every sign Saturn occupies during 2050, 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.

Saturn in Capricorn From Jan 1 – Jan 22
Saturn in Aquarius Jan 22 – Dec 31 and beyond

2 segments in 2050. Dates from JPL orbital elements, good to about a day at sign changes.

2050 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2050

Neptune in Taurus Aug 29, 2049 – Feb 2, 2050 · 157 days
Jupiter in Leo Nov 20, 2049 – Mar 20, 2050 · 120 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 17, 2049 – Jan 6, 2050 · 20 days
Uranus in Virgo Dec 25, 2049 – May 24, 2050 · 149 days
Mercury in Taurus Apr 8, 2050 – May 1, 2050 · 24 days
Pluto in Pisces Jun 10, 2050 – Nov 21, 2050 · 165 days
Mars in Aquarius Jul 15, 2050 – Sep 13, 2050 · 60 days
Mercury in Virgo Aug 11, 2050 – Sep 3, 2050 · 24 days
Neptune in Taurus Aug 31, 2050 – Feb 4, 2051 · 157 days
Venus in Scorpio Sep 25, 2050 – Nov 6, 2050 · 42 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Dec 1, 2050 – Dec 21, 2050 · 20 days
← 2049 Saturn retrograde in 2049. All Saturn retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years.

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AstroHot. “Saturn Retrograde 2050 Dates: May 18 – Oct 6.” Accessed October 29, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/saturn/2050/

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