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 14°43′♊︎ Gemini 12°43′
- Neptune156 days♊︎ Gemini 22°33′♊︎ Gemini 19°44′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 23°48′♑︎ Capricorn 7°36′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 10°17′♎︎ Libra 0°20′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 3°33′♏︎ Scorpio 29°30′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 12°16′♐︎ Sagittarius 5°39′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 15°18′♉︎ Taurus 5°38′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 21°24′♍︎ Virgo 7°27′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 15°42′♊︎ Gemini 13°42′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 24°47′♊︎ Gemini 21°58′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 17°13′♐︎ Sagittarius 1°56′
- Mars79 days♌︎ Leo 8°40′♋︎ Cancer 19°25′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 7°55′♐︎ Sagittarius 21°37′
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: 28 Dec 1897 – 17 Jan; 20 Apr – 14 May; 23 Aug – 15 Sept; 12 Dec – 1 Jan 1899
Venus retrograde: 11 Nov – 22 Dec
Mars retrograde: 9 Dec – 27 Feb 1899
Jupiter retrograde: 24 Jan – 27 May
Saturn retrograde: 21 Mar – 9 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 8 Mar – 7 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 25 Sept 1897 – 28 Feb; 27 Sept – 3 Mar 1899
Pluto retrograde: 13 Sept 1897 – 25 Feb; 15 Sept – 26 Feb 1899
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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