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 23°20′♉︎ Taurus 20°31′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 2°10′♊︎ Gemini 0°11′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 24°14′♊︎ Gemini 17°17′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 5°50′♌︎ Leo 25°50′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 21°14′♑︎ Capricorn 5°00′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 2°56′♍︎ Virgo 28°47′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 12°18′♉︎ Taurus 2°26′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 18°36′♍︎ Virgo 4°49′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 25°35′♉︎ Taurus 22°46′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 3°07′♊︎ Gemini 1°08′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 8°23′♋︎ Cancer 1°26′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 5°21′♐︎ Sagittarius 19°03′
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: 25 Dec 1884 – 14 Jan; 17 Apr – 11 May; 20 Aug – 12 Sept; 9 Dec – 29 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 21 Dec 1884 – 21 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 6 Oct 1884 – 16 Feb; 20 Oct – 3 Mar 1886
Uranus retrograde: 6 Jan – 5 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 26 Aug 1884 – 30 Jan; 28 Aug – 1 Feb 1886
Pluto retrograde: 31 Aug 1884 – 12 Feb; 2 Sept – 13 Feb 1886
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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