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 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′
- Mars77 days♋︎ Cancer 15°33′♊︎ Gemini 26°57′
- Uranus150 days♍︎ Virgo 18°34′♍︎ Virgo 14°25′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 9°43′♒︎ Aquarius 24°59′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 11°21′♋︎ Cancer 2°09′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 18°50′♉︎ Taurus 16°01′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 0°15′♉︎ Taurus 28°17′
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 26°10′♉︎ Taurus 19°15′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 8°31′♎︎ Libra 22°46′
- Jupiter118 days♋︎ Cancer 1°25′♊︎ Gemini 21°21′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 22°10′♐︎ Sagittarius 6°52′
- Uranus150 days♍︎ Virgo 23°21′♍︎ Virgo 19°12′
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: 13 Feb – 7 Mar; 15 Jun – 9 Jul; 11 Oct – 1 Nov
Venus retrograde: 16 Nov – 27 Dec
Mars retrograde: 17 Nov 1881 – 2 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Sept 1881 – 10 Jan; 19 Oct – 15 Feb 1883
Saturn retrograde: 24 Aug 1881 – 6 Jan; 8 Sept – 20 Jan 1883
Uranus retrograde: 23 Dec 1881 – 22 May; 28 Dec – 27 May 1883
Neptune retrograde: 19 Aug 1881 – 23 Jan; 22 Aug – 26 Jan 1883
Pluto retrograde: 29 Aug 1881 – 10 Feb; 30 Aug – 11 Feb 1883
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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