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 13°44′♊︎ Gemini 11°44′
- Neptune156 days♊︎ Gemini 20°18′♊︎ Gemini 17°29′
- Mars75 days♊︎ Gemini 29°24′♊︎ Gemini 11°34′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 10°13′♍︎ Virgo 0°13′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 9°48′♑︎ Capricorn 23°52′
- Uranus152 days♏︎ Scorpio 29°02′♏︎ Scorpio 24°58′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 0°45′♏︎ Scorpio 24°07′
- Venus43 days♉︎ Taurus 16°55′♉︎ Taurus 0°28′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 4°36′♉︎ Taurus 25°52′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 8°25′♍︎ Virgo 23°38′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 14°43′♊︎ Gemini 12°43′
- Neptune156 days♊︎ Gemini 22°33′♊︎ Gemini 19°44′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 23°48′♑︎ Capricorn 7°36′
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: 13 Jan – 3 Feb; 9 May – 2 Jun; 9 Sept – 1 Oct; 28 Dec – 17 Jan 1898
Venus retrograde: 7 Apr – 20 May
Mars retrograde: 2 Nov 1896 – 16 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Dec 1896 – 26 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 9 Mar – 28 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 3 Mar – 3 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 22 Sept 1896 – 26 Feb; 25 Sept – 28 Feb 1898
Pluto retrograde: 12 Sept 1896 – 23 Feb; 13 Sept – 25 Feb 1898
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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