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 21°05′♉︎ Taurus 18°16′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 1°12′♉︎ Taurus 29°14′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 10°08′♊︎ Gemini 3°11′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 4°33′♋︎ Cancer 24°29′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 21°56′♌︎ Leo 2°29′
- Uranus150 days♍︎ Virgo 28°08′♍︎ Virgo 24°00′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 7°12′♑︎ Capricorn 21°13′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 1°28′♉︎ Taurus 22°40′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 28°16′♋︎ Cancer 11°47′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 23°20′♉︎ Taurus 20°31′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 2°10′♊︎ Gemini 0°11′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 5°43′♍︎ Virgo 21°02′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 24°14′♊︎ Gemini 17°17′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 5°50′♌︎ Leo 25°50′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 21°14′♑︎ Capricorn 5°00′
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: 11 Jan – 1 Feb; 6 May – 30 May; 6 Sept – 28 Sept; 25 Dec – 14 Jan 1885
Venus retrograde: 20 Jun – 2 Aug
Mars retrograde: 23 Dec 1883 – 12 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 21 Nov 1883 – 20 Mar; 21 Dec – 21 Apr 1885
Saturn retrograde: 22 Sept 1883 – 3 Feb; 6 Oct – 16 Feb 1885
Uranus retrograde: 2 Jan – 31 May
Neptune retrograde: 24 Aug 1883 – 28 Jan; 26 Aug – 30 Jan 1885
Pluto retrograde: 31 Aug 1883 – 12 Feb; 31 Aug – 12 Feb 1885
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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