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 18°56′♉︎ Taurus 16°58′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 26°27′♊︎ Gemini 16°23′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 26°35′♋︎ Cancer 22°28′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 4°36′♑︎ Capricorn 18°34′
- Mars80 days♎︎ Libra 8°09′♍︎ Virgo 19°04′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 9°53′♑︎ Capricorn 3°16′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 28°21′♉︎ Taurus 19°26′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 24°04′♈︎ Aries 21°16′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 19°52′♉︎ Taurus 17°55′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 2°59′♍︎ Virgo 18°26′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 10°47′♍︎ Virgo 24°50′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 1°13′♋︎ Cancer 27°06′
- Jupiter120 days♋︎ Cancer 29°55′♋︎ Cancer 19°51′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 18°39′♑︎ Capricorn 2°24′
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: 9 Jan – 29 Jan; 4 May – 28 May; 4 Sept – 26 Sept; 23 Dec – 13 Jan 1872
Venus retrograde: 5 Sept – 17 Oct
Mars retrograde: 9 Feb – 30 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 15 Oct 1870 – 10 Feb; 16 Nov – 15 Mar 1872
Saturn retrograde: 19 Apr – 7 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 1 Nov 1870 – 31 Mar; 6 Nov – 3 Apr 1872
Neptune retrograde: 28 Jul – 2 Jan 1872
Pluto retrograde: 18 Aug 1870 – 30 Jan; 20 Aug – 1 Feb 1872
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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