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 27°50′♉︎ Taurus 25°01′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 4°04′♊︎ Gemini 2°05′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 22°31′♋︎ Cancer 15°34′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 12°29′♎︎ Libra 8°21′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 5°52′♎︎ Libra 25°58′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 6°22′♓︎ Pisces 23°31′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 12°13′♌︎ Leo 0°59′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 6°14′♍︎ Virgo 20°13′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 0°05′♉︎ Taurus 27°16′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 5°01′♊︎ Gemini 3°02′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 3°43′♏︎ Scorpio 17°34′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 6°32′♋︎ Cancer 29°35′
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: 12 Mar – 4 Apr; 15 Jul – 8 Aug; 7 Nov – 27 Nov
Venus retrograde: 31 Aug – 12 Oct
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 19 Feb – 23 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 3 Nov 1886 – 17 Mar; 17 Nov – 31 Mar 1888
Uranus retrograde: 16 Jan – 16 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 31 Aug 1886 – 4 Feb; 2 Sept – 6 Feb 1888
Pluto retrograde: 3 Sept 1886 – 14 Feb; 4 Sept – 16 Feb 1888
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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