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 8°32′♉︎ Taurus 6°34′
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 7°43′♊︎ Gemini 3°42′
- Jupiter120 days♋︎ Cancer 25°16′♋︎ Cancer 15°12′
- Saturn135 days♌︎ Leo 26°04′♌︎ Leo 19°10′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 18°15′♈︎ Aries 6°26′
- Mars63 days♒︎ Aquarius 0°16′♑︎ Capricorn 19°18′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 4°43′♋︎ Cancer 18°13′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 29°24′♓︎ Pisces 26°35′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 24°57′♌︎ Leo 12°44′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 9°29′♉︎ Taurus 7°31′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 12°01′♊︎ Gemini 7°59′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 14°26′♏︎ Scorpio 28°11′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 27°01′♌︎ Leo 17°00′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 9°31′♍︎ Virgo 2°39′
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: 24 Mar – 16 Apr; 27 Jul – 20 Aug; 17 Nov – 7 Dec
Venus retrograde: 27 Jun – 9 Aug
Mars retrograde: 16 Jun – 18 Aug
Jupiter retrograde: 12 Nov 1859 – 11 Mar; 12 Dec – 12 Apr 1861
Saturn retrograde: 7 Dec 1859 – 20 Apr; 19 Dec – 4 May 1861
Uranus retrograde: 13 Sept 1859 – 11 Feb; 17 Sept – 14 Feb 1861
Neptune retrograde: 2 Jul – 7 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 8 Aug 1859 – 20 Jan; 8 Aug – 21 Jan 1861
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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