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 14°19′♉︎ Taurus 11°31′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 28°21′♉︎ Taurus 26°23′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 13°47′♍︎ Virgo 9°37′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 26°27′♓︎ Pisces 12°49′
- Venus43 days♉︎ Taurus 21°20′♉︎ Taurus 4°52′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 1°06′♋︎ Cancer 20°40′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 16°35′♉︎ Taurus 13°46′
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 12°26′♉︎ Taurus 5°32′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 29°18′♉︎ Taurus 27°20′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 26°14′♉︎ Taurus 16°12′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 24°30′♏︎ Scorpio 8°28′
- Mars77 days♋︎ Cancer 15°33′♊︎ Gemini 26°57′
- Uranus150 days♍︎ Virgo 18°34′♍︎ Virgo 14°25′
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: 2 Mar – 24 Mar; 4 Jul – 28 Jul; 28 Oct – 17 Nov
Venus retrograde: 12 Apr – 24 May
Mars retrograde: 17 Nov – 2 Feb 1882
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Sept – 10 Jan 1882
Saturn retrograde: 24 Aug – 6 Jan 1882
Uranus retrograde: 18 Dec 1880 – 17 May; 23 Dec – 22 May 1882
Neptune retrograde: 17 Aug 1880 – 21 Jan; 19 Aug – 23 Jan 1882
Pluto retrograde: 28 Aug 1880 – 8 Feb; 29 Aug – 10 Feb 1882
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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