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 26°19′♈︎ Aries 23°31′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 20°49′♉︎ Taurus 18°51′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 5°52′♌︎ Leo 1°45′
- Jupiter121 days♍︎ Virgo 1°29′♌︎ Leo 21°28′
- Mars77 days♏︎ Scorpio 15°17′♎︎ Libra 27°51′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 21°05′♈︎ Aries 9°31′
- Venus43 days♉︎ Taurus 23°30′♉︎ Taurus 7°02′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 2°43′♑︎ Capricorn 26°05′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 27°53′♌︎ Leo 15°27′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 28°34′♈︎ Aries 25°45′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 21°45′♉︎ Taurus 19°48′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 10°33′♌︎ Leo 6°25′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 16°59′♐︎ Sagittarius 0°43′
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: 27 Mar – 19 Apr; 30 Jul – 23 Aug; 20 Nov – 10 Dec
Venus retrograde: 14 Apr – 27 May
Mars retrograde: 21 Mar – 6 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 17 Dec 1872 – 17 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 12 May – 30 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 10 Nov 1872 – 8 Apr; 15 Nov – 13 Apr 1874
Neptune retrograde: 29 Jul 1872 – 3 Jan; 1 Aug – 5 Jan 1874
Pluto retrograde: 20 Aug 1872 – 1 Feb; 21 Aug – 2 Feb 1874
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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