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 14°13′♉︎ Taurus 12°15′
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 3°55′♊︎ Gemini 29°50′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 9°26′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°08′
- Saturn140 days♏︎ Scorpio 12°19′♏︎ Scorpio 5°38′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 28°39′♈︎ Aries 17°44′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 2°15′♑︎ Capricorn 22°25′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 12°50′♈︎ Aries 10°01′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 5°30′♌︎ Leo 22°32′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 15°09′♉︎ Taurus 13°11′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 8°23′♋︎ Cancer 4°17′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 27°07′♐︎ Sagittarius 11°50′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 23°36′♐︎ Sagittarius 7°19′
- Mars79 days♌︎ Leo 0°15′♋︎ Cancer 11°10′
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: 14 Dec 1865 – 2 Jan; 4 Apr – 27 Apr; 7 Aug – 30 Aug; 27 Nov – 17 Dec
Venus retrograde: 21 Nov – 1 Jan 1867
Mars retrograde: 1 Dec – 18 Feb 1867
Jupiter retrograde: 20 May – 18 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 19 Feb – 9 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 9 Oct 1865 – 8 Mar; 14 Oct – 12 Mar 1867
Neptune retrograde: 16 Jul – 21 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 13 Aug 1865 – 25 Jan; 15 Aug – 27 Jan 1867
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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