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 8°51′♊︎ Gemini 6°52′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 9°03′♊︎ Gemini 6°14′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 14°33′♐︎ Sagittarius 28°17′
- Saturn137 days♎︎ Libra 0°09′♍︎ Virgo 23°19′
- Uranus151 days♏︎ Scorpio 6°04′♏︎ Scorpio 1°58′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 4°30′♈︎ Aries 24°02′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 26°08′♋︎ Cancer 9°38′
- Mars61 days♒︎ Aquarius 17°13′♒︎ Aquarius 7°04′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 11°13′♌︎ Leo 27°54′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 24°56′♈︎ Aries 14°58′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 9°49′♊︎ Gemini 7°50′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 11°18′♊︎ Gemini 8°29′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 28°43′♐︎ Sagittarius 12°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.
Mercury retrograde: 19 Dec 1891 – 8 Jan; 9 Apr – 3 May; 12 Aug – 4 Sept; 2 Dec – 22 Dec
Venus retrograde: 18 Jun – 31 Jul
Mars retrograde: 5 Jul – 3 Sept
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Aug – 9 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 9 Jan – 25 May
Uranus retrograde: 9 Feb – 9 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 12 Sept 1891 – 15 Feb; 13 Sept – 17 Feb 1893
Pluto retrograde: 8 Sept 1891 – 19 Feb; 8 Sept – 20 Feb 1893
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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