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 28°34′♈︎ Aries 25°45′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 21°45′♉︎ Taurus 19°48′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 10°33′♌︎ Leo 6°25′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 1°47′♍︎ Virgo 21°49′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 3°36′♓︎ Pisces 20°32′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 14°19′♒︎ Aquarius 7°39′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 9°10′♋︎ Cancer 28°09′
- Neptune158 days♉︎ Taurus 0°49′♈︎ Aries 28°00′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 22°42′♉︎ Taurus 20°44′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 1°09′♏︎ Scorpio 15°02′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 24°39′♐︎ Sagittarius 9°21′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 15°16′♌︎ Leo 11°07′
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 Mar – 1 Apr; 12 Jul – 5 Aug; 4 Nov – 24 Nov
Venus retrograde: 18 Nov – 29 Dec
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 16 Jan – 18 May
Saturn retrograde: 24 May – 12 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 15 Nov 1873 – 13 Apr; 20 Nov – 18 Apr 1875
Neptune retrograde: 1 Aug 1873 – 5 Jan; 3 Aug – 8 Jan 1875
Pluto retrograde: 21 Aug 1873 – 2 Feb; 22 Aug – 3 Feb 1875
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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