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.
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 12°06′♋︎ Cancer 5°09′
- Uranus150 days♍︎ Virgo 17°33′♍︎ Virgo 13°24′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 14°27′♑︎ Capricorn 28°41′
- Neptune159 days♏︎ Scorpio 12°53′♏︎ Scorpio 10°07′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 4°05′♓︎ Pisces 17°53′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 10°39′♊︎ Gemini 2°04′
- Pluto164 days♓︎ Pisces 1°50′♒︎ Aquarius 29°35′
- Mars60 days♓︎ Pisces 14°01′♓︎ Pisces 3°46′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 13°16′♍︎ Virgo 28°13′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 26°23′♉︎ Taurus 16°21′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 26°15′♋︎ Cancer 19°18′
- Uranus150 days♍︎ Virgo 22°20′♍︎ Virgo 18°11′
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: 18 Jan – 8 Feb; 15 May – 8 Jun; 14 Sept – 6 Oct
Venus retrograde: 23 Feb – 6 Apr
Mars retrograde: 1 Aug – 30 Sept
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Sept – 10 Jan 1799
Saturn retrograde: 23 Oct 1797 – 6 Mar; 7 Nov – 21 Mar 1799
Uranus retrograde: 22 Dec 1797 – 20 May; 27 Dec – 26 May 1799
Neptune retrograde: 12 Feb – 21 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 1 Jun – 12 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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