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Retrograde tracker

Which planet is retrograde right now, at what degree, and when it turns direct. Station dates with times. No account.

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Turns retrograde: the planet starts to appear to move backwards. Turns direct: it moves forwards again. All times are in UTC.

Retrograde periods touching 1942

13 · UTC · 6 Oct 2026

Uranus151 days5 Sept 1941 17:36♊︎ Gemini 0°21′3 Feb 1942 14:50♉︎ Taurus 26°20′
Saturn135 days10 Sept 1941 17:39♉︎ Taurus 28°32′23 Jan 1942 07:00♉︎ Taurus 21°38′
Jupiter118 days10 Oct 1941 08:00♊︎ Gemini 21°26′5 Feb 1942 10:01♊︎ Gemini 11°23′
Pluto161 days6 Nov 1941 20:44♌︎ Leo 5°47′16 Apr 1942 11:03♌︎ Leo 3°27′
Neptune158 days1 Jan 1942 10:32♍︎ Virgo 29°52′8 Jun 1942 11:44♍︎ Virgo 27°05′
Venus41 days13 Jan 1942 00:41♒︎ Aquarius 21°11′23 Feb 1942 06:01♒︎ Aquarius 5°31′
Mercury21 days1 Feb 1942 01:15♒︎ Aquarius 27°00′22 Feb 1942 12:07♒︎ Aquarius 11°36′
Mercury24 days31 May 1942 16:02♊︎ Gemini 25°38′24 Jun 1942 15:53♊︎ Gemini 17°01′
Uranus151 days10 Sept 1942 07:41♊︎ Gemini 4°35′8 Feb 1943 00:53♊︎ Gemini 0°34′
Saturn134 days25 Sept 1942 05:38♊︎ Gemini 12°31′6 Feb 1943 07:51♊︎ Gemini 5°35′
Mercury21 days28 Sept 1942 16:12♎︎ Libra 26°00′20 Oct 1942 00:21♎︎ Libra 10°35′
Pluto161 days8 Nov 1942 14:38♌︎ Leo 7°15′18 Apr 1943 03:04♌︎ Leo 4°55′
Jupiter119 days12 Nov 1942 14:25♋︎ Cancer 25°14′12 Mar 1943 02:11♋︎ Cancer 15°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.

The year's retrograde strip

1942

Mercury retrograde: 1 Feb – 22 Feb; 31 May – 24 Jun; 28 Sept – 20 Oct

Venus retrograde: 13 Jan – 23 Feb

Mars: no retrograde period this year

Jupiter retrograde: 10 Oct 1941 – 5 Feb; 12 Nov – 12 Mar 1943

Saturn retrograde: 10 Sept 1941 – 23 Jan; 25 Sept – 6 Feb 1943

Uranus retrograde: 5 Sept 1941 – 3 Feb; 10 Sept – 8 Feb 1943

Neptune retrograde: 1 Jan – 8 Jun

Pluto retrograde: 6 Nov 1941 – 16 Apr; 8 Nov – 18 Apr 1943

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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