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♉︎ Taurus 0°49′♈︎ Aries 28°00′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 22°42′♉︎ Taurus 20°44′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 15°16′♌︎ Leo 11°07′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 1°39′♎︎ Libra 21°45′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 16°41′♓︎ Pisces 2°23′
- Mars68 days♑︎ Capricorn 4°32′♐︎ Sagittarius 21°21′
- Saturn140 days♒︎ Aquarius 26°05′♒︎ Aquarius 19°24′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 19°43′♋︎ Cancer 10°02′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 3°04′♉︎ Taurus 0°15′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 23°38′♉︎ Taurus 21°40′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 15°14′♎︎ Libra 29°21′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 19°59′♌︎ Leo 15°50′
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: 20 Feb – 15 Mar; 23 Jun – 17 Jul; 18 Oct – 8 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 18 May – 25 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 15 Feb – 18 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 6 Jun – 24 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 20 Nov 1874 – 18 Apr; 25 Nov – 22 Apr 1876
Neptune retrograde: 3 Aug 1874 – 8 Jan; 6 Aug – 10 Jan 1876
Pluto retrograde: 22 Aug 1874 – 3 Feb; 24 Aug – 4 Feb 1876
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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