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.
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 15°48′♉︎ Taurus 8°53′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 28°28′♌︎ Leo 24°19′
- Neptune159 days♏︎ Scorpio 4°11′♏︎ Scorpio 1°25′
- Mars77 days♏︎ Scorpio 12°11′♎︎ Libra 24°39′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 21°47′♈︎ Aries 10°22′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 3°40′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°50′
- Pluto164 days♒︎ Aquarius 26°21′♒︎ Aquarius 24°04′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 28°36′♌︎ Leo 16°02′
- Saturn134 days♉︎ Taurus 29°39′♉︎ Taurus 22°43′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 17°26′♐︎ Sagittarius 1°10′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 3°14′♌︎ Leo 29°05′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 19°32′♑︎ Capricorn 4°09′
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: 27 Mar – 20 Apr; 30 Jul – 23 Aug; 21 Nov – 10 Dec
Venus retrograde: 12 Dec – 22 Jan 1795
Mars retrograde: 18 Mar – 3 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Apr – 20 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 27 Aug 1793 – 9 Jan; 11 Sept – 23 Jan 1795
Uranus retrograde: 3 Dec 1793 – 1 May; 8 Dec – 6 May 1795
Neptune retrograde: 3 Feb – 12 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 27 May – 7 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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