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.
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°04′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°43′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 24°17′♑︎ Capricorn 8°06′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 24°31′♐︎ Sagittarius 20°31′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 28°41′♐︎ Sagittarius 25°55′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 16°06′♉︎ Taurus 6°34′
- Jupiter120 days♒︎ Aquarius 17°11′♒︎ Aquarius 7°20′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 27°36′♓︎ Pisces 25°29′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 0°44′♓︎ Pisces 23°58′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 22°01′♍︎ Virgo 7°58′
- Mars79 days♌︎ Leo 5°43′♋︎ Cancer 16°29′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°23′♐︎ Sagittarius 22°05′
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: 29 Dec 1818 – 19 Jan; 22 Apr – 16 May; 24 Aug – 16 Sept; 13 Dec – 2 Jan 1820
Venus retrograde: 6 Dec 1818 – 15 Jan
Mars retrograde: 7 Dec – 25 Feb 1820
Jupiter retrograde: 6 Jun – 4 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 13 Jul – 28 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 30 Mar – 30 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 31 Mar – 8 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 28 Jun – 10 Dec
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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