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.
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 1°25′♊︎ Gemini 21°21′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 10°15′♌︎ Leo 3°19′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°28′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°12′
- Uranus150 days♍︎ Virgo 27°07′♍︎ Virgo 22°59′
- Neptune160 days♏︎ Scorpio 17°14′♏︎ Scorpio 14°27′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 2°18′♈︎ Aries 21°47′
- Pluto164 days♓︎ Pisces 4°30′♓︎ Pisces 2°15′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 9°02′♌︎ Leo 25°46′
- Mars70 days♉︎ Taurus 25°01′♉︎ Taurus 9°26′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 4°27′♋︎ Cancer 24°23′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 26°38′♐︎ Sagittarius 10°20′
- Saturn135 days♌︎ Leo 24°01′♌︎ Leo 17°07′
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: 17 Dec 1799 – 6 Jan; 7 Apr – 1 May; 10 Aug – 3 Sept; 1 Dec – 20 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 3 Oct – 12 Dec
Jupiter retrograde: 19 Oct 1799 – 15 Feb; 21 Nov – 21 Mar 1801
Saturn retrograde: 21 Nov 1799 – 4 Apr; 5 Dec – 18 Apr 1801
Uranus retrograde: 1 Jan – 31 May
Neptune retrograde: 17 Feb – 26 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 4 Jun – 16 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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