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.
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 14°46′♉︎ Taurus 7°53′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 26°08′♉︎ Taurus 22°09′
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 4°20′♌︎ Leo 2°01′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 27°41′♍︎ Virgo 24°54′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 13°26′♒︎ Aquarius 28°52′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 15°40′♋︎ Cancer 6°17′
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 0°21′♉︎ Taurus 26°20′
- Mars65 days♈︎ Aries 23°43′♈︎ Aries 11°04′
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 28°32′♉︎ Taurus 21°38′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 21°26′♊︎ Gemini 11°23′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 12°09′♎︎ Libra 26°21′
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 5°47′♌︎ Leo 3°27′
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: 17 Feb – 11 Mar; 19 Jun – 14 Jul; 15 Oct – 5 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 6 Sept – 10 Nov
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Oct – 5 Feb 1942
Saturn retrograde: 27 Aug 1940 – 9 Jan; 10 Sept – 23 Jan 1942
Uranus retrograde: 1 Sept 1940 – 30 Jan; 5 Sept – 3 Feb 1942
Neptune retrograde: 30 Dec 1940 – 5 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 5 Nov 1940 – 14 Apr; 6 Nov – 16 Apr 1942
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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