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.
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 17°09′♋︎ Cancer 14°58′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 29°11′♌︎ Leo 26°23′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 10°46′♒︎ Aquarius 26°03′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°07′♐︎ Sagittarius 12°29′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 12°30′♋︎ Cancer 3°16′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 7°23′♈︎ Aries 3°28′
- Jupiter117 days♉︎ Taurus 10°25′♉︎ Taurus 0°25′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 9°34′♎︎ Libra 23°48′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 18°23′♋︎ Cancer 16°12′
- Mars76 days♋︎ Cancer 9°17′♊︎ Gemini 20°59′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 1°23′♌︎ Leo 28°35′
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: 15 Feb – 8 Mar; 16 Jun – 10 Jul; 12 Oct – 2 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 12 Nov – 27 Jan 1929
Jupiter retrograde: 30 Aug – 25 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 28 Mar – 17 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 12 Jul – 12 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 2 Dec 1927 – 7 May; 3 Dec – 9 May 1929
Pluto retrograde: 18 Oct 1927 – 28 Mar; 19 Oct – 30 Mar 1929
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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