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.
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 21°58′♉︎ Taurus 17°58′
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 2°54′♌︎ Leo 0°36′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 25°31′♍︎ Virgo 22°43′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 0°15′♓︎ Pisces 16°50′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 13°18′♊︎ Gemini 26°47′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 5°18′♋︎ Cancer 24°38′
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 14°46′♉︎ Taurus 7°53′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 26°08′♉︎ Taurus 22°09′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 15°40′♉︎ Taurus 5°40′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 28°07′♏︎ Scorpio 12°02′
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 4°20′♌︎ Leo 2°01′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 27°41′♍︎ Virgo 24°54′
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: 6 Mar – 29 Mar; 8 Jul – 1 Aug; 1 Nov – 21 Nov
Venus retrograde: 5 Jun – 18 Jul
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Sept – 31 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 27 Aug – 9 Jan 1941
Uranus retrograde: 28 Aug 1939 – 26 Jan; 1 Sept – 30 Jan 1941
Neptune retrograde: 28 Dec 1939 – 3 Jun; 30 Dec – 5 Jun 1941
Pluto retrograde: 4 Nov 1939 – 13 Apr; 5 Nov – 14 Apr 1941
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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