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 13°16′♉︎ Taurus 11°18′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 29°29′♊︎ Gemini 25°24′
- Mars74 days♊︎ Gemini 18°47′♊︎ Gemini 1°32′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 25°20′♑︎ Capricorn 9°09′
- Saturn139 days♏︎ Scorpio 0°19′♎︎ Libra 23°36′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 29°00′♐︎ Sagittarius 19°10′
- Venus43 days♉︎ Taurus 25°42′♉︎ Taurus 9°14′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 17°13′♉︎ Taurus 7°43′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 10°35′♈︎ Aries 7°46′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 14°13′♉︎ Taurus 12°15′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 23°05′♍︎ Virgo 9°02′
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 3°55′♊︎ Gemini 29°50′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 9°26′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°08′
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: 30 Dec 1864 – 19 Jan; 22 Apr – 16 May; 24 Aug – 16 Sept; 14 Dec – 2 Jan 1866
Venus retrograde: 16 Apr – 29 May
Mars retrograde: 23 Oct 1864 – 5 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 15 Apr – 16 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 7 Feb – 26 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 4 Oct 1864 – 3 Mar; 9 Oct – 8 Mar 1866
Neptune retrograde: 13 Jul – 19 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 12 Aug 1864 – 24 Jan; 13 Aug – 25 Jan 1866
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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