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.
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 5°30′♉︎ Taurus 1°32′
- Pluto161 days♋︎ Cancer 27°24′♋︎ Cancer 25°09′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 16°46′♍︎ Virgo 13°59′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 17°36′♒︎ Aquarius 1°52′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 24°25′♐︎ Sagittarius 14°35′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 14°03′♊︎ Gemini 5°29′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 22°31′♓︎ Pisces 15°46′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 9°35′♉︎ Taurus 5°37′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 16°27′♎︎ Libra 1°22′
- Pluto161 days♋︎ Cancer 28°45′♋︎ Cancer 26°29′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 18°58′♍︎ Virgo 16°10′
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: 23 Jan – 13 Feb; 19 May – 12 Jun; 18 Sept – 10 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Apr – 11 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 3 Jul – 19 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 11 Aug 1935 – 10 Jan; 15 Aug – 13 Jan 1937
Neptune retrograde: 19 Dec 1935 – 25 May; 21 Dec – 27 May 1937
Pluto retrograde: 29 Oct 1935 – 7 Apr; 30 Oct – 9 Apr 1937
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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