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 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′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 4°14′♎︎ Libra 1°27′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 16°24′♉︎ Taurus 6°46′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 22°28′♍︎ Virgo 8°30′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 13°08′♊︎ Gemini 9°06′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 10°47′♋︎ Cancer 3°49′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 10°16′♌︎ Leo 7°54′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°57′♐︎ Sagittarius 22°39′
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: 30 Dec 1943 – 19 Jan; 22 Apr – 15 May; 24 Aug – 16 Sept; 13 Dec – 2 Jan 1945
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 28 Oct 1943 – 10 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 13 Dec 1943 – 13 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 9 Oct 1943 – 20 Feb; 23 Oct – 5 Mar 1945
Uranus retrograde: 14 Sept 1943 – 12 Feb; 18 Sept – 15 Feb 1945
Neptune retrograde: 6 Jan – 12 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 10 Nov 1943 – 18 Apr; 11 Nov – 20 Apr 1945
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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