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 16°24′♊︎ Gemini 6°21′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 19°37′♋︎ Cancer 17°26′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 3°35′♍︎ Virgo 0°47′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 8°14′♑︎ Capricorn 22°16′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 11°52′♑︎ Capricorn 5°15′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 2°35′♉︎ Taurus 23°47′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 15°22′♈︎ Aries 11°26′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 6°47′♍︎ Virgo 22°05′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 20°53′♋︎ Cancer 18°41′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 7°23′♏︎ Scorpio 22°01′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 20°30′♋︎ Cancer 10°26′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 5°47′♍︎ Virgo 2°59′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 16°48′♋︎ Cancer 27°25′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 22°16′♑︎ Capricorn 6°03′
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: 13 Jan – 2 Feb; 8 May – 1 Jun; 8 Sept – 30 Sept; 27 Dec – 17 Jan 1931
Venus retrograde: 2 Nov – 13 Dec
Mars retrograde: 18 Dec – 8 Mar 1931
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Oct 1929 – 31 Jan; 8 Nov – 7 Mar 1931
Saturn retrograde: 21 Apr – 9 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 21 Jul – 21 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 6 Dec 1929 – 12 May; 8 Dec – 15 May 1931
Pluto retrograde: 21 Oct 1929 – 31 Mar; 22 Oct – 2 Apr 1931
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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