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.
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 3°04′♉︎ Taurus 0°15′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 23°38′♉︎ Taurus 21°40′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 19°59′♌︎ Leo 15°50′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 0°11′♒︎ Aquarius 14°57′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 1°59′♏︎ Scorpio 22°08′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 29°45′♊︎ Gemini 21°00′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 8°05′♓︎ Pisces 1°22′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 0°25′♋︎ Cancer 13°55′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 5°19′♉︎ Taurus 2°30′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 24°35′♉︎ Taurus 22°37′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 29°08′♎︎ Libra 13°36′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 24°43′♌︎ Leo 20°34′
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: 4 Feb – 25 Feb; 3 Jun – 27 Jun; 1 Oct – 22 Oct
Venus retrograde: 22 Jun – 5 Aug
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 17 Mar – 19 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 18 Jun – 4 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 25 Nov 1875 – 22 Apr; 29 Nov – 27 Apr 1877
Neptune retrograde: 6 Aug 1875 – 10 Jan; 7 Aug – 12 Jan 1877
Pluto retrograde: 24 Aug 1875 – 4 Feb; 24 Aug – 5 Feb 1877
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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