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 9°49′♉︎ Taurus 7°00′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 26°28′♉︎ Taurus 24°30′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 4°14′♍︎ Virgo 0°05′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°00′♐︎ Sagittarius 25°42′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 1°34′♈︎ Aries 20°53′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 12°42′♓︎ Pisces 2°50′
- Saturn137 days♈︎ Aries 15°46′♈︎ Aries 8°57′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 8°22′♌︎ Leo 25°14′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 12°04′♉︎ Taurus 9°15′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 27°25′♉︎ Taurus 25°27′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 8°31′♍︎ Virgo 22°32′
- Mars71 days♉︎ Taurus 28°48′♉︎ Taurus 13°01′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 26°10′♐︎ Sagittarius 9°52′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 9°00′♍︎ Virgo 4°51′
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: 16 Dec 1878 – 5 Jan; 7 Apr – 30 Apr; 10 Aug – 2 Sept; 30 Nov – 20 Dec
Venus retrograde: 2 Sept – 15 Oct
Mars retrograde: 6 Oct – 16 Dec
Jupiter retrograde: 2 Jul – 29 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 28 Jul – 12 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 9 Dec 1878 – 7 May; 14 Dec – 12 May 1880
Neptune retrograde: 13 Aug 1878 – 17 Jan; 15 Aug – 19 Jan 1880
Pluto retrograde: 26 Aug 1878 – 7 Feb; 27 Aug – 8 Feb 1880
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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