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♉︎ Taurus 0°50′♈︎ Aries 28°50′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 4°22′♉︎ Taurus 0°24′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 13°56′♋︎ Cancer 24°34′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 22°45′♑︎ Capricorn 6°32′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 23°11′♏︎ Scorpio 13°18′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 14°11′♉︎ Taurus 4°30′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 11°29′♓︎ Pisces 8°42′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 6°51′♋︎ Cancer 20°22′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 1°48′♈︎ Aries 29°48′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 8°27′♉︎ Taurus 4°28′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 20°18′♍︎ Virgo 6°23′
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 17°56′♉︎ Taurus 11°01′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 6°52′♐︎ Sagittarius 20°34′
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: 28 Dec 1851 – 17 Jan; 19 Apr – 13 May; 21 Aug – 13 Sept; 11 Dec – 31 Dec
Venus retrograde: 29 Jun – 11 Aug
Mars retrograde: 15 Dec 1851 – 4 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 8 Mar – 10 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 30 Aug – 12 Jan 1853
Uranus retrograde: 10 Aug 1851 – 9 Jan; 13 Aug – 12 Jan 1853
Neptune retrograde: 13 Jun – 19 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 31 Jul 1851 – 13 Jan; 1 Aug – 13 Jan 1853
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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