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 12°04′♉︎ Taurus 9°15′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 27°25′♉︎ Taurus 25°27′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 9°00′♍︎ Virgo 4°51′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 13°41′♈︎ Aries 1°27′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 20°08′♌︎ Leo 8°18′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 19°33′♈︎ Aries 9°36′
- Saturn136 days♈︎ Aries 28°57′♈︎ Aries 22°06′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 14°19′♉︎ Taurus 11°31′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 28°21′♉︎ Taurus 26°23′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 10°21′♏︎ Scorpio 24°09′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 13°47′♍︎ Virgo 9°37′
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: 19 Mar – 11 Apr; 22 Jul – 15 Aug; 13 Nov – 3 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 8 Aug – 4 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 10 Aug – 24 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 14 Dec 1879 – 12 May; 18 Dec – 17 May 1881
Neptune retrograde: 15 Aug 1879 – 19 Jan; 17 Aug – 21 Jan 1881
Pluto retrograde: 27 Aug 1879 – 8 Feb; 28 Aug – 8 Feb 1881
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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