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 25°35′♉︎ Taurus 22°46′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 3°07′♊︎ Gemini 1°08′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 8°23′♋︎ Cancer 1°26′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 7°43′♎︎ Libra 3°34′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 6°00′♍︎ Virgo 26°03′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 25°13′♍︎ Virgo 5°53′
- Venus42 days♓︎ Pisces 8°09′♒︎ Aquarius 22°16′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 23°57′♈︎ Aries 12°37′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 0°48′♌︎ Leo 18°11′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 27°50′♉︎ Taurus 25°01′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 4°04′♊︎ Gemini 2°05′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 22°31′♋︎ Cancer 15°34′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°32′♐︎ Sagittarius 3°16′
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: 30 Mar – 22 Apr; 2 Aug – 26 Aug; 23 Nov – 13 Dec
Venus retrograde: 28 Jan – 11 Mar
Mars retrograde: 25 Jan – 16 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Jan – 23 May
Saturn retrograde: 20 Oct 1885 – 3 Mar; 3 Nov – 17 Mar 1887
Uranus retrograde: 11 Jan – 10 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 28 Aug 1885 – 1 Feb; 31 Aug – 4 Feb 1887
Pluto retrograde: 2 Sept 1885 – 13 Feb; 3 Sept – 14 Feb 1887
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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