Retrograde tracker
Which planet is retrograde right now, at what degree, and when it turns direct. Station dates with times. No account.
Turns retrograde: the planet starts to appear to move backwards. Turns direct: it moves forwards again. All times are in UTC.
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 23°43′♌︎ Leo 19°34′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 19°08′♑︎ Capricorn 2°54′
- Neptune159 days♏︎ Scorpio 2°01′♎︎ Libra 29°14′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 1°53′♏︎ Scorpio 22°01′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 10°05′♉︎ Taurus 0°10′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 15°13′♉︎ Taurus 28°43′
- Pluto164 days♒︎ Aquarius 24°56′♒︎ Aquarius 22°39′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 16°26′♍︎ Virgo 2°41′
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 15°48′♉︎ Taurus 8°53′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 28°28′♌︎ Leo 24°19′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 3°16′♐︎ Sagittarius 16°58′
Retrograde motion is apparent, not actual: as Earth overtakes a planet in its faster orbit, the planet appears to move backwards against the stars for a while. This page states dates, times and degrees, and nothing else. A station date says nothing about anyone's week, and it is not pretended otherwise here.
Mercury retrograde: 23 Dec 1792 – 12 Jan; 15 Apr – 8 May; 17 Aug – 9 Sept; 7 Dec – 27 Dec
Venus retrograde: 6 May – 18 Jun
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 17 Mar – 19 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 27 Aug – 9 Jan 1794
Uranus retrograde: 28 Nov 1792 – 26 Apr; 3 Dec – 1 May 1794
Neptune retrograde: 1 Feb – 10 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 25 May – 5 Nov
One row per body. The thin line is the year's course; the thick coloured band marks the days it ran retrograde. Dates are UTC.
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