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°59′♉︎ Taurus 16°01′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 21°00′♉︎ Taurus 10°59′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 21°59′♋︎ Cancer 17°52′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 20°43′♒︎ Aquarius 5°07′
- Venus42 days♓︎ Pisces 12°56′♒︎ Aquarius 26°58′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 28°32′♐︎ Sagittarius 21°55′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 18°07′♊︎ Gemini 9°34′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 21°49′♈︎ Aries 19°01′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 18°56′♉︎ Taurus 16°58′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 19°39′♎︎ Libra 4°24′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 26°27′♊︎ Gemini 16°23′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 26°35′♋︎ Cancer 22°28′
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: 25 Jan – 15 Feb; 23 May – 16 Jun; 21 Sept – 13 Oct
Venus retrograde: 2 Feb – 16 Mar
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Sept 1869 – 5 Jan; 15 Oct – 10 Feb 1871
Saturn retrograde: 7 Apr – 26 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 28 Oct 1869 – 26 Mar; 1 Nov – 31 Mar 1871
Neptune retrograde: 25 Jul – 30 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 17 Aug 1869 – 29 Jan; 18 Aug – 30 Jan 1871
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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