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.
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 24°04′♈︎ Aries 21°16′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 19°52′♉︎ Taurus 17°55′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 1°13′♋︎ Cancer 27°06′
- Jupiter120 days♋︎ Cancer 29°55′♋︎ Cancer 19°51′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 18°39′♑︎ Capricorn 2°24′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 9°19′♈︎ Aries 29°15′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 21°16′♑︎ Capricorn 14°38′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 26°19′♈︎ Aries 23°31′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 15°47′♍︎ Virgo 2°09′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 20°49′♉︎ Taurus 18°51′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 5°52′♌︎ Leo 1°45′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 2°47′♐︎ Sagittarius 16°29′
- Jupiter121 days♍︎ Virgo 1°29′♌︎ Leo 21°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: 23 Dec 1871 – 13 Jan; 14 Apr – 8 May; 17 Aug – 9 Sept; 6 Dec – 26 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 16 Nov 1871 – 15 Mar; 17 Dec – 17 Apr 1873
Saturn retrograde: 30 Apr – 18 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 6 Nov 1871 – 3 Apr; 10 Nov – 8 Apr 1873
Neptune retrograde: 28 Jul 1871 – 2 Jan; 29 Jul – 3 Jan 1873
Pluto retrograde: 20 Aug 1871 – 1 Feb; 20 Aug – 1 Feb 1873
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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