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.
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 3°19′♋︎ Cancer 1°14′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 16°30′♋︎ Cancer 9°32′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 2°40′♋︎ Cancer 29°52′
- Mars81 days♌︎ Leo 29°49′♌︎ Leo 10°19′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 21°46′♒︎ Aquarius 6°11′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 19°42′♒︎ Aquarius 15°46′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 19°16′♊︎ Gemini 10°43′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 19°43′♋︎ Cancer 3°12′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 5°24′♈︎ Aries 25°25′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 20°43′♎︎ Libra 5°28′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 4°25′♋︎ Cancer 2°19′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 4°53′♌︎ Leo 2°05′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 0°36′♋︎ Cancer 23°39′
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: 27 Jan – 17 Feb; 25 May – 18 Jun; 22 Sept – 14 Oct
Venus retrograde: 12 Jun – 25 Jul
Mars retrograde: 31 Dec 1915 – 21 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Aug – 20 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 29 Oct 1915 – 11 Mar; 12 Nov – 26 Mar 1917
Uranus retrograde: 24 May – 26 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 5 Nov 1915 – 10 Apr; 7 Nov – 13 Apr 1917
Pluto retrograde: 4 Oct 1915 – 15 Mar; 5 Oct – 16 Mar 1917
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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