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 9°29′♉︎ Taurus 7°31′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 12°01′♊︎ Gemini 7°59′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 27°01′♌︎ Leo 17°00′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 9°31′♍︎ Virgo 2°39′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 0°51′♓︎ Pisces 17°35′
- Neptune159 days♈︎ Aries 1°38′♓︎ Pisces 28°49′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 6°07′♋︎ Cancer 25°18′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 10°26′♉︎ Taurus 8°28′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 16°20′♊︎ Gemini 12°18′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 28°35′♏︎ Scorpio 12°30′
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 Mar – 29 Mar; 9 Jul – 2 Aug; 1 Nov – 21 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 12 Dec 1860 – 12 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 19 Dec 1860 – 4 May
Uranus retrograde: 17 Sept 1860 – 14 Feb; 21 Sept – 19 Feb 1862
Neptune retrograde: 4 Jul – 10 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 8 Aug 1860 – 21 Jan; 9 Aug – 22 Jan 1862
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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