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 20°42′♊︎ Gemini 18°40′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 5°57′♋︎ Cancer 3°08′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 3°04′♑︎ Capricorn 17°00′
- Uranus154 days♐︎ Sagittarius 29°57′♐︎ Sagittarius 25°57′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 26°24′♉︎ Taurus 17°22′
- Saturn140 days♒︎ Aquarius 21°00′♒︎ Aquarius 14°20′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 0°12′♈︎ Aries 20°14′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 1°20′♍︎ Virgo 16°53′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 21°43′♊︎ Gemini 19°41′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 8°11′♋︎ Cancer 5°22′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°07′♑︎ Capricorn 0°52′
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: 8 Jan – 28 Jan; 2 May – 26 May; 2 Sept – 25 Sept; 22 Dec – 11 Jan 1905
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Aug – 15 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 31 May – 19 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 4 Apr – 4 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 10 Oct 1903 – 14 Mar; 11 Oct – 17 Mar 1905
Pluto retrograde: 21 Sept 1903 – 3 Mar; 21 Sept – 4 Mar 1905
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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