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.
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 6°55′♊︎ Gemini 4°56′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 4°34′♊︎ Gemini 1°45′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 3°54′♌︎ Leo 27°00′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°33′♒︎ Aquarius 0°48′
- Uranus151 days♎︎ Libra 26°42′♎︎ Libra 22°35′
- Mars72 days♐︎ Sagittarius 13°13′♏︎ Scorpio 27°59′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 12°54′♊︎ Gemini 4°20′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°10′♒︎ Aquarius 2°19′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 7°53′♊︎ Gemini 5°54′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 6°49′♊︎ Gemini 4°00′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 15°23′♎︎ Libra 0°19′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°40′♐︎ Sagittarius 4°23′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 17°11′♍︎ Virgo 10°19′
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: 20 Jan – 10 Feb; 18 May – 11 Jun; 17 Sept – 8 Oct
Venus retrograde: 13 Nov – 24 Dec
Mars retrograde: 23 Apr – 4 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 30 May – 28 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 14 Dec 1889 – 28 Apr; 27 Dec – 12 May 1891
Uranus retrograde: 30 Jan – 30 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 7 Sept 1889 – 10 Feb; 9 Sept – 13 Feb 1891
Pluto retrograde: 6 Sept 1889 – 17 Feb; 7 Sept – 18 Feb 1891
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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