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 4°41′♉︎ Taurus 2°43′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 20°49′♉︎ Taurus 16°50′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 0°02′♊︎ Gemini 23°04′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 4°24′♒︎ Aquarius 19°24′
- Mars79 days♎︎ Libra 21°39′♎︎ Libra 3°02′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 5°00′♊︎ Gemini 26°03′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 20°26′♓︎ Pisces 17°38′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 9°11′♓︎ Pisces 29°15′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 5°39′♉︎ Taurus 3°41′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 25°00′♉︎ Taurus 21°00′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 3°18′♎︎ Libra 17°40′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 14°14′♋︎ Cancer 7°16′
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: 8 Feb – 1 Mar; 8 Jun – 2 Jul; 5 Oct – 26 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 24 Feb – 13 May
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Jul – 24 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 12 Oct 1855 – 23 Feb; 26 Oct – 9 Mar 1857
Uranus retrograde: 27 Aug 1855 – 25 Jan; 30 Aug – 28 Jan 1857
Neptune retrograde: 22 Jun – 28 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 4 Aug 1855 – 16 Jan; 4 Aug – 17 Jan 1857
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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