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 12°45′♊︎ Gemini 10°45′
- Neptune156 days♊︎ Gemini 18°03′♊︎ Gemini 15°14′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 9°08′♋︎ Cancer 29°05′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 25°58′♒︎ Aquarius 10°33′
- Saturn140 days♏︎ Scorpio 19°06′♏︎ Scorpio 12°25′
- Uranus152 days♏︎ Scorpio 24°30′♏︎ Scorpio 20°26′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 24°30′♊︎ Gemini 15°53′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 13°44′♊︎ Gemini 11°44′
- Neptune156 days♊︎ Gemini 20°18′♊︎ Gemini 17°29′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 24°56′♎︎ Libra 9°33′
- Mars75 days♊︎ Gemini 29°24′♊︎ Gemini 11°34′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 10°13′♍︎ Virgo 0°13′
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: 30 Jan – 21 Feb; 29 May – 22 Jun; 26 Sept – 17 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 2 Nov – 16 Jan 1897
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Nov 1895 – 24 Mar; 25 Dec – 26 Apr 1897
Saturn retrograde: 26 Feb – 15 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 27 Feb – 29 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 21 Sept 1895 – 24 Feb; 22 Sept – 26 Feb 1897
Pluto retrograde: 12 Sept 1895 – 23 Feb; 12 Sept – 23 Feb 1897
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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