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♊︎ Gemini 2°19′♉︎ Taurus 29°30′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 5°58′♊︎ Gemini 3°59′
- Saturn135 days♌︎ Leo 20°21′♌︎ Leo 13°25′
- Uranus151 days♎︎ Libra 21°59′♎︎ Libra 17°52′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 2°49′♒︎ Aquarius 17°42′
- Venus43 days♉︎ Taurus 19°07′♉︎ Taurus 2°40′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°16′♐︎ Sagittarius 28°26′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 2°56′♊︎ Gemini 24°05′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 6°55′♊︎ Gemini 4°56′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 4°34′♊︎ Gemini 1°45′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 1°45′♎︎ Libra 16°09′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 3°54′♌︎ Leo 27°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: 6 Feb – 27 Feb; 6 Jun – 30 Jun; 3 Oct – 24 Oct
Venus retrograde: 9 Apr – 22 May
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 24 Apr – 25 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 30 Nov 1888 – 14 Apr; 14 Dec – 28 Apr 1890
Uranus retrograde: 25 Jan – 25 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 4 Sept 1888 – 8 Feb; 7 Sept – 10 Feb 1890
Pluto retrograde: 4 Sept 1888 – 16 Feb; 6 Sept – 17 Feb 1890
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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