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.
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 11°31′♊︎ Gemini 1°28′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 5°31′♋︎ Cancer 3°26′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 7°06′♌︎ Leo 4°18′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 14°32′♌︎ Leo 7°36′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 19°42′♑︎ Capricorn 3°27′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 28°30′♒︎ Aquarius 12°43′
- Mars81 days♎︎ Libra 3°03′♍︎ Virgo 13°50′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 10°25′♉︎ Taurus 0°23′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 27°43′♒︎ Aquarius 23°47′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 16°53′♍︎ Virgo 3°14′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 6°39′♋︎ Cancer 4°32′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 15°49′♋︎ Cancer 5°45′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 9°19′♌︎ Leo 6°31′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 3°50′♐︎ Sagittarius 17°32′
- Saturn135 days♌︎ Leo 28°15′♌︎ Leo 21°21′
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: 25 Dec 1917 – 14 Jan; 16 Apr – 10 May; 19 Aug – 11 Sept; 9 Dec – 28 Dec
Venus retrograde: 20 Jan – 2 Mar
Mars retrograde: 3 Feb – 25 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 30 Sept 1917 – 26 Jan; 3 Nov – 2 Mar 1919
Saturn retrograde: 26 Nov 1917 – 9 Apr; 9 Dec – 23 Apr 1919
Uranus retrograde: 2 Jun – 3 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 9 Nov 1917 – 15 Apr; 12 Nov – 18 Apr 1919
Pluto retrograde: 6 Oct 1917 – 18 Mar; 7 Oct – 19 Mar 1919
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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