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 1°48′♈︎ Aries 29°48′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 8°27′♉︎ Taurus 4°28′
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 17°56′♉︎ Taurus 11°01′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 25°45′♈︎ Aries 14°36′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 24°28′♐︎ Sagittarius 14°37′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 13°43′♓︎ Pisces 10°55′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 2°46′♉︎ Taurus 0°46′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 2°36′♌︎ Leo 19°49′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 12°33′♉︎ Taurus 8°34′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 1°49′♉︎ Taurus 24°52′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 21°02′♐︎ Sagittarius 4°46′
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 Apr – 24 Apr; 4 Aug – 27 Aug; 25 Nov – 14 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Apr – 11 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 30 Aug 1852 – 12 Jan; 13 Sept – 26 Jan 1854
Uranus retrograde: 13 Aug 1852 – 12 Jan; 18 Aug – 16 Jan 1854
Neptune retrograde: 16 Jun – 22 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 1 Aug 1852 – 13 Jan; 2 Aug – 14 Jan 1854
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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