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.
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 24°57′♈︎ Aries 22°57′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°31′♐︎ Sagittarius 27°14′
- Venus42 days♓︎ Pisces 20°03′♓︎ Pisces 4°01′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 3°24′♈︎ Aries 22°54′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 28°09′♒︎ Aquarius 25°22′
- Saturn140 days♓︎ Pisces 0°49′♒︎ Aquarius 24°07′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 14°14′♈︎ Aries 10°18′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 25°56′♈︎ Aries 23°56′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 10°08′♌︎ Leo 26°50′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 16°39′♊︎ Gemini 6°36′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 27°41′♐︎ Sagittarius 11°23′
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 Dec 1845 – 7 Jan; 9 Apr – 2 May; 12 Aug – 4 Sept; 2 Dec – 22 Dec
Venus retrograde: 9 Feb – 23 Mar
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Oct – 31 Jan 1847
Saturn retrograde: 11 Jun – 29 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 20 Jul – 19 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 31 May – 7 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 25 Jul 1845 – 6 Jan; 26 Jul – 8 Jan 1847
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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