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.
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 26°23′♉︎ Taurus 16°21′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 26°15′♋︎ Cancer 19°18′
- Uranus150 days♍︎ Virgo 22°20′♍︎ Virgo 18°11′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 28°23′♑︎ Capricorn 12°16′
- Neptune160 days♏︎ Scorpio 15°03′♏︎ Scorpio 12°17′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 21°04′♉︎ Taurus 11°51′
- Pluto164 days♓︎ Pisces 3°10′♓︎ Pisces 0°56′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 26°27′♍︎ Virgo 12°09′
- Venus42 days♏︎ Scorpio 1°38′♎︎ Libra 15°58′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 1°25′♊︎ Gemini 21°21′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 10°15′♌︎ Leo 3°19′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°28′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°12′
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: 2 Jan – 22 Jan; 26 Apr – 20 May; 28 Aug – 19 Sept; 17 Dec – 6 Jan 1800
Venus retrograde: 26 Sept – 7 Nov
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Sept 1798 – 10 Jan; 19 Oct – 15 Feb 1800
Saturn retrograde: 7 Nov 1798 – 21 Mar; 21 Nov – 4 Apr 1800
Uranus retrograde: 27 Dec 1798 – 26 May
Neptune retrograde: 14 Feb – 24 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 3 Jun – 14 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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