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 5°39′♉︎ Taurus 3°41′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 25°00′♉︎ Taurus 21°00′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 14°14′♋︎ Cancer 7°16′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 18°06′♒︎ Aquarius 2°25′
- Venus43 days♉︎ Taurus 27°53′♉︎ Taurus 11°24′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 14°57′♊︎ Gemini 6°24′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 22°41′♓︎ Pisces 19°53′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 6°37′♉︎ Taurus 4°38′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 29°13′♉︎ Taurus 25°13′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 15°59′♉︎ Taurus 5°58′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 17°00′♎︎ Libra 1°50′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 28°21′♋︎ Cancer 21°24′
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: 22 Jan – 12 Feb; 20 May – 13 Jun; 18 Sept – 10 Oct
Venus retrograde: 19 Apr – 31 May
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Sept – 31 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 26 Oct 1856 – 9 Mar; 9 Nov – 23 Mar 1858
Uranus retrograde: 30 Aug 1856 – 28 Jan; 4 Sept – 2 Feb 1858
Neptune retrograde: 25 Jun – 1 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 4 Aug 1856 – 17 Jan; 6 Aug – 18 Jan 1858
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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