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♊︎ Gemini 11°42′♊︎ Gemini 1°39′
- Mars78 days♋︎ Cancer 21°32′♋︎ Cancer 2°41′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 7°04′♐︎ Sagittarius 21°46′
- Saturn139 days♎︎ Libra 23°09′♎︎ Libra 16°24′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 25°22′♓︎ Pisces 11°43′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 3°48′♒︎ Aquarius 1°01′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 0°32′♒︎ Aquarius 26°37′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 29°58′♋︎ Cancer 19°34′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 14°51′♈︎ Aries 12°49′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 23°27′♏︎ Scorpio 7°25′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 15°55′♋︎ Cancer 5°51′
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: 1 Mar – 24 Mar; 3 Jul – 28 Jul; 27 Oct – 16 Nov
Venus retrograde: 1 Dec 1834 – 11 Jan
Mars retrograde: 23 Nov 1834 – 9 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 30 Sept 1834 – 26 Jan; 3 Nov – 1 Mar 1836
Saturn retrograde: 1 Feb – 19 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 5 Jun – 6 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 6 May – 13 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 15 Jul – 28 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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