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 7°34′♉︎ Taurus 4°45′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 25°31′♉︎ Taurus 23°33′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 29°28′♌︎ Leo 25°19′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°54′♑︎ Capricorn 11°46′
- Venus42 days♓︎ Pisces 10°33′♒︎ Aquarius 24°38′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 20°16′♉︎ Taurus 10°55′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 7°09′♑︎ Capricorn 27°19′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 2°54′♓︎ Pisces 26°08′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 9°49′♉︎ Taurus 7°00′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 26°28′♉︎ Taurus 24°30′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 25°51′♍︎ Virgo 11°39′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 4°14′♍︎ Virgo 0°05′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°00′♐︎ Sagittarius 25°42′
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: 1 Jan – 22 Jan; 25 Apr – 19 May; 27 Aug – 19 Sept; 16 Dec – 5 Jan 1879
Venus retrograde: 31 Jan – 13 Mar
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 25 May – 23 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 14 Jul – 29 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 4 Dec 1877 – 2 May; 9 Dec – 7 May 1879
Neptune retrograde: 10 Aug 1877 – 14 Jan; 13 Aug – 17 Jan 1879
Pluto retrograde: 25 Aug 1877 – 6 Feb; 26 Aug – 7 Feb 1879
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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