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 29°51′♈︎ Aries 27°52′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 0°19′♈︎ Aries 26°21′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 2°06′♐︎ Sagittarius 16°49′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 8°45′♑︎ Capricorn 22°48′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 23°00′♎︎ Libra 13°05′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 3°28′♉︎ Taurus 24°44′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 9°16′♓︎ Pisces 6°28′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 0°50′♈︎ Aries 28°50′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 4°22′♉︎ Taurus 0°24′
- Saturn136 days♉︎ Taurus 4°19′♈︎ Aries 27°26′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 7°20′♍︎ Virgo 22°34′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 13°56′♋︎ Cancer 24°34′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 22°45′♑︎ Capricorn 6°32′
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: 13 Jan – 3 Feb; 9 May – 2 Jun; 9 Sept – 1 Oct; 28 Dec – 17 Jan 1852
Venus retrograde: 26 Nov 1850 – 6 Jan
Mars retrograde: 15 Dec – 4 Mar 1852
Jupiter retrograde: 6 Feb – 10 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 16 Aug – 30 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 5 Aug 1850 – 4 Jan; 10 Aug – 9 Jan 1852
Neptune retrograde: 12 Jun – 18 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 30 Jul 1850 – 11 Jan; 31 Jul – 13 Jan 1852
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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