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 6°37′♉︎ Taurus 4°38′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 29°13′♉︎ Taurus 25°13′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 28°21′♋︎ Cancer 21°24′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 2°01′♑︎ Capricorn 15°57′
- Mars74 days♐︎ Sagittarius 2°10′♏︎ Scorpio 16°01′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 25°16′♉︎ Taurus 16°13′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 24°55′♓︎ Pisces 22°07′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 7°35′♉︎ Taurus 5°36′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 0°16′♍︎ Virgo 15°49′
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 3°27′♉︎ Taurus 29°26′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 21°36′♊︎ Gemini 11°32′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 29°36′♐︎ Sagittarius 14°19′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 12°19′♌︎ Leo 5°23′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°05′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°49′
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: 6 Jan – 26 Jan; 1 May – 24 May; 1 Sept – 24 Sept; 21 Dec – 10 Jan 1859
Venus retrograde: 23 Nov – 3 Jan 1859
Mars retrograde: 10 Apr – 23 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Oct – 5 Feb 1859
Saturn retrograde: 9 Nov 1857 – 23 Mar; 23 Nov – 6 Apr 1859
Uranus retrograde: 4 Sept 1857 – 2 Feb; 8 Sept – 6 Feb 1859
Neptune retrograde: 28 Jun – 3 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 6 Aug 1857 – 18 Jan; 7 Aug – 19 Jan 1859
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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