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Venus retrograde 1949

There was no Venus retrograde in 1949: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on July 16, 1948 in Gemini, and the next began on January 10, 1950 in Aquarius.

Retrograde in 1949
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Jul 16, 1948 5:26 AM UTC
Next retrograde station
Jan 10, 1950 1:36 PM UTC
Gap between loops
543 days
Venus Retrograde 1949: None — Next Starts Jan 10, 1950

Venus’s path through 1949, day by day

Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1949
Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1949. Venus starts 1949 at 13°50′ Sagittarius and ends it at 16°16′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 62.4°, all of it forward. The shaded stretch from Dec 9 is the pre-retrograde shadow: Venus is already crossing the degrees it will walk back over after turning on Jan 10, 1950. Fastest day: Jan 29, 1.25° forward. Counting the shadows, 22 days of 1949 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 9, 1949 – Jan 10, 1950SagittariusCapricornAquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Venus against the zodiac, 1949. Venus starts 1949 at 13°50′ Sagittarius and ends it at 16°16′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 62.4°, all of it forward. The shaded stretch from Dec 9 is the pre-retrograde shadow: Venus is already crossing the degrees it will walk back over after turning on Jan 10, 1950. Fastest day: Jan 29, 1.25° forward. Counting the shadows, 22 days of 1949 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 9, 1949 – Jan 10, 1950SagittariusAquariusAriesGeminiLeoLibraSagittariusAquariusJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Venus starts 1949 at 13°50′ Sagittarius and ends it at 16°16′ Aquarius — a full lap of the zodiac plus 62.4°, all of it forward. The shaded stretch from Dec 9 is the pre-retrograde shadow: Venus is already crossing the degrees it will walk back over after turning on Jan 10, 1950. Fastest day: Jan 29, 1.25° forward. Counting the shadows, 22 days of 1949 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

The Venus stations either side of 1949: exact times in your city

Venus turned retrograde at 1:36 PM UTC on January 10, 1950 at 18°44′ Aquarius — 9:36 AM in Santiago, 8:36 AM in New York, 1:36 PM in London and 10:36 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Jul 16, 1948 Turns retrograde · Jan 10, 1950
UTC Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · 24°38′ Gemini Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · 18°44′ Aquarius
Honolulu United States 7:26 PM Thu, Jul 15, 1948 · UTC−10 3:36 AM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 7:26 PM Thu, Jul 15, 1948 · UTC−10 3:36 AM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 10:26 PM Thu, Jul 15, 1948 · UTC−7 5:36 AM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 10:26 PM Thu, Jul 15, 1948 · UTC−7 6:36 AM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC−7
Denver United States 10:26 PM Thu, Jul 15, 1948 · UTC−7 6:36 AM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 12:26 AM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC−5 7:36 AM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC−6
Mexico City Mexico 11:26 PM Thu, Jul 15, 1948 · UTC−6 7:36 AM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC−6
New York United States 1:26 AM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC−4 8:36 AM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC−5
Toronto Canada 1:26 AM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC−4 8:36 AM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia 12:26 AM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC−5 8:36 AM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 12:26 AM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC−5 8:36 AM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 12:56 AM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC−4:30 9:06 AM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 1:26 AM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC−4 9:36 AM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 2:26 AM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC−3 10:36 AM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 2:26 AM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC−3 11:36 AM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC−2
Reykjavík Iceland 5:26 AM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC 12:36 PM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC−1
London United Kingdom 6:26 AM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC+1 1:36 PM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC
Lagos Nigeria 6:26 AM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC+1 2:36 PM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC+1
Paris France 6:26 AM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC+1 2:36 PM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 7:26 AM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC+2 2:36 PM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 7:26 AM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC+2 3:36 PM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 7:26 AM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC+2 3:36 PM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 7:26 AM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC+2 3:36 PM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 8:26 AM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC+3 3:36 PM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 8:26 AM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC+3 4:36 PM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 8:26 AM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC+3 4:36 PM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 8:56 AM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC+3:30 5:06 PM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 9:26 AM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC+4 5:36 PM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 10:56 AM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC+5:30 7:06 PM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC+5:30
New Delhi India 10:56 AM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC+5:30 7:06 PM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 10:56 AM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC+5:30 7:06 PM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 11:56 AM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC+6:30 8:06 PM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC+6:30
Bangkok Thailand 12:26 PM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC+7 8:36 PM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 1:26 PM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC+8 9:36 PM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC+8
Singapore 12:56 PM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC+7:30 9:06 PM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 2:26 PM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC+9 9:36 PM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 1:26 PM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC+8 9:36 PM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 1:26 PM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC+8 9:36 PM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 3:26 PM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC+10 10:36 PM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 3:26 PM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC+10 10:36 PM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 2:56 PM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC+9:30 11:06 PM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 3:26 PM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC+10 11:36 PM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 3:26 PM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC+10 11:36 PM Tue, Jan 10, 1950 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 5:26 PM Fri, Jul 16, 1948 · UTC+12 1:36 AM Wed, Jan 11, 1950 · UTC+12

Stations from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris. Swiss Ephemeris agrees on every Venus station 1900–2050: all within a minute. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.

Venus in 1949: a year between two loops

543 days separate the end of one Venus retrograde from the start of the next, and 1949 falls entirely inside that stretch. Venus turns back once every 583.92 days — longer than a calendar year — and each loop is over in weeks, so now and then a whole year passes between two of them.

The run-up to the next loop starts before the year is out: the pre-retrograde shadow opens on December 9, the day Venus first reaches the degree it will later retreat to.

The loops themselves are on the 1948 and 1950 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Venus retrogrades either side of 1949

Previous

1948 Ended July 16, 1948 after 43 days, moving back 16.51° through the zodiac.

Next

1950 Begins January 10, 1950 and runs 41 days.

Gap across 1949

1.5 years between the two — long enough for a whole calendar year to fall inside it with nothing to report.

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

Venus through the zodiac in 1949

Every sign Venus 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.

Venus in Sagittarius From Jan 1 – Jan 13
Venus in Capricorn Jan 13 – Feb 6
Venus in Aquarius Feb 6 – Mar 2
Venus in Pisces Mar 2 – Mar 26
Venus in Aries Mar 26 – Apr 19
Venus in Taurus Apr 19 – May 14
Venus in Gemini May 14 – Jun 7
Venus in Cancer Jun 7 – Jul 1
Venus in Leo Jul 1 – Jul 26
Venus in Virgo Jul 26 – Aug 20
Venus in Libra Aug 20 – Sep 14
Venus in Scorpio Sep 14 – Oct 10
Venus in Sagittarius Oct 10 – Nov 6
Venus in Capricorn Nov 6 – Dec 6
Venus in Aquarius Dec 6 – Dec 31 and beyond

15 segments in 1949. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

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
Neptune in Libra Jan 16, 1949 – Jun 23, 1949 · 158 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 Venus retrograde in 1948. All Venus retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1950 → Venus retrograde in 1950.

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AstroHot. “Venus Retrograde 1949: None — Next Starts Jan 10, 1950.” Accessed October 31, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/venus/1949/

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