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♊︎ Gemini 4°35′♊︎ Gemini 0°34′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 12°31′♊︎ Gemini 5°35′
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 7°15′♌︎ Leo 4°55′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 25°14′♋︎ Cancer 15°10′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 2°03′♍︎ Virgo 29°16′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 10°50′♑︎ Capricorn 24°55′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 5°43′♉︎ Taurus 27°00′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 20°33′♍︎ Virgo 4°21′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 9°29′♍︎ Virgo 24°41′
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 8°50′♊︎ Gemini 4°49′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 26°37′♊︎ Gemini 19°40′
- Mars74 days♊︎ Gemini 22°13′♊︎ Gemini 4°51′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 8°45′♌︎ Leo 6°24′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 27°03′♌︎ Leo 17°02′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 24°50′♑︎ Capricorn 8°38′
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: 15 Jan – 5 Feb; 12 May – 5 Jun; 11 Sept – 3 Oct; 30 Dec – 19 Jan 1944
Venus retrograde: 15 Aug – 27 Sept
Mars retrograde: 28 Oct – 10 Jan 1944
Jupiter retrograde: 12 Nov 1942 – 12 Mar; 13 Dec – 13 Apr 1944
Saturn retrograde: 25 Sept 1942 – 6 Feb; 9 Oct – 20 Feb 1944
Uranus retrograde: 10 Sept 1942 – 8 Feb; 14 Sept – 12 Feb 1944
Neptune retrograde: 3 Jan – 10 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 8 Nov 1942 – 18 Apr; 10 Nov – 18 Apr 1944
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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