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 21°43′♊︎ Gemini 19°41′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 8°11′♋︎ Cancer 5°22′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°07′♑︎ Capricorn 0°52′
- Mars75 days♏︎ Scorpio 25°06′♏︎ Scorpio 8°19′
- Venus43 days♉︎ Taurus 14°42′♈︎ Aries 28°16′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 4°14′♑︎ Capricorn 0°14′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 7°27′♈︎ Aries 27°12′
- Saturn140 days♓︎ Pisces 2°53′♒︎ Aquarius 26°12′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 14°03′♍︎ Virgo 0°34′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 22°44′♊︎ Gemini 20°42′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 6°30′♉︎ Taurus 26°27′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 10°25′♋︎ Cancer 7°36′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 1°17′♐︎ Sagittarius 14°58′
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: 22 Dec 1904 – 11 Jan; 13 Apr – 7 May; 16 Aug – 8 Sept; 6 Dec – 26 Dec
Venus retrograde: 6 Apr – 18 May
Mars retrograde: 2 Apr – 17 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Sept – 21 Jan 1906
Saturn retrograde: 13 Jun – 31 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 8 Apr – 9 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 11 Oct 1904 – 17 Mar; 14 Oct – 19 Mar 1906
Pluto retrograde: 21 Sept 1904 – 4 Mar; 23 Sept – 5 Mar 1906
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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