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 17°02′♉︎ Taurus 15°05′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 17°25′♋︎ Cancer 13°19′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 4°47′♌︎ Leo 15°16′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 7°03′♒︎ Aquarius 22°11′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 17°09′♐︎ Sagittarius 10°31′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 8°10′♊︎ Gemini 29°06′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 19°34′♈︎ Aries 16°46′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 17°59′♉︎ Taurus 16°01′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 21°00′♉︎ Taurus 10°59′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 5°54′♎︎ Libra 20°12′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 21°59′♋︎ Cancer 17°52′
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: 10 Feb – 4 Mar; 12 Jun – 6 Jul; 8 Oct – 29 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 4 Jan – 26 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Sept – 5 Jan 1870
Saturn retrograde: 26 Mar – 14 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 23 Oct 1868 – 21 Mar; 28 Oct – 26 Mar 1870
Neptune retrograde: 23 Jul – 28 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 16 Aug 1868 – 28 Jan; 17 Aug – 29 Jan 1870
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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