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Retrograde tracker

Which planet is retrograde right now, at what degree, and when it turns direct. Station dates with times. No account.

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Turns retrograde: the planet starts to appear to move backwards. Turns direct: it moves forwards again. All times are in UTC.

Retrograde periods touching 1888

12 · UTC · 6 Oct 2026

Neptune157 days2 Sept 1887 22:41♊︎ Gemini 0°05′6 Feb 1888 19:07♉︎ Taurus 27°16′
Pluto165 days4 Sept 1887 11:20♊︎ Gemini 5°01′16 Feb 1888 04:55♊︎ Gemini 3°02′
Saturn134 days17 Nov 1887 23:58♌︎ Leo 6°32′31 Mar 1888 03:15♋︎ Cancer 29°35′
Uranus150 days21 Jan 1888 19:12♎︎ Libra 17°14′20 Jun 1888 07:01♎︎ Libra 13°07′
Mercury22 days23 Feb 1888 15:01♓︎ Pisces 19°23′17 Mar 1888 02:51♓︎ Pisces 5°14′
Mars79 days4 Mar 1888 11:15♏︎ Scorpio 0°12′22 May 1888 04:41♎︎ Libra 11°56′
Jupiter123 days22 Mar 1888 06:42♐︎ Sagittarius 6°21′23 Jul 1888 14:37♏︎ Scorpio 26°30′
Mercury24 days25 Jun 1888 22:35♋︎ Cancer 22°51′20 Jul 1888 04:00♋︎ Cancer 13°00′
Neptune157 days4 Sept 1888 12:21♊︎ Gemini 2°19′8 Feb 1889 06:38♉︎ Taurus 29°30′
Pluto165 days4 Sept 1888 18:16♊︎ Gemini 5°58′16 Feb 1889 08:52♊︎ Gemini 3°59′
Mercury20 days20 Oct 1888 15:30♏︎ Scorpio 17°49′10 Nov 1888 01:01♏︎ Scorpio 1°53′
Saturn135 days30 Nov 1888 20:36♌︎ Leo 20°21′14 Apr 1889 12:12♌︎ Leo 13°25′

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.

The year's retrograde strip

1888

Mercury retrograde: 23 Feb – 17 Mar; 25 Jun – 20 Jul; 20 Oct – 10 Nov

Venus: no retrograde period this year

Mars retrograde: 4 Mar – 22 May

Jupiter retrograde: 22 Mar – 23 Jul

Saturn retrograde: 17 Nov 1887 – 31 Mar; 30 Nov – 14 Apr 1889

Uranus retrograde: 21 Jan – 20 Jun

Neptune retrograde: 2 Sept 1887 – 6 Feb; 4 Sept – 8 Feb 1889

Pluto retrograde: 4 Sept 1887 – 16 Feb; 4 Sept – 16 Feb 1889

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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