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.
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 4°06′♉︎ Taurus 27°09′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 0°04′♊︎ Gemini 28°00′
- Neptune157 days♋︎ Cancer 26°01′♋︎ Cancer 23°12′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 11°57′♓︎ Pisces 29°32′
- Venus43 days♉︎ Taurus 12°29′♈︎ Aries 26°04′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°50′♑︎ Capricorn 8°00′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 7°32′♒︎ Aquarius 3°36′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 18°15′♌︎ Leo 6°35′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 18°10′♊︎ Gemini 11°12′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 1°08′♊︎ Gemini 29°04′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 28°14′♋︎ Cancer 25°25′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 8°50′♏︎ Scorpio 22°39′
- Mars78 days♋︎ Cancer 24°33′♋︎ Cancer 5°40′
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: 18 Mar – 10 Apr; 21 Jul – 14 Aug; 12 Nov – 2 Dec
Venus retrograde: 3 Apr – 16 May
Mars retrograde: 26 Nov – 12 Feb 1914
Jupiter retrograde: 5 May – 4 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 16 Sept 1912 – 28 Jan; 30 Sept – 11 Feb 1914
Uranus retrograde: 12 May – 13 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 29 Oct 1912 – 4 Apr; 1 Nov – 6 Apr 1914
Pluto retrograde: 30 Sept 1912 – 12 Mar; 1 Oct – 14 Mar 1914
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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