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.
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 17°27′♊︎ Gemini 13°24′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 24°54′♋︎ Cancer 17°56′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 11°48′♌︎ Leo 9°25′
- Mars79 days♌︎ Leo 3°13′♋︎ Cancer 14°06′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 8°37′♎︎ Libra 5°50′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 27°21′♎︎ Libra 17°27′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 10°13′♓︎ Pisces 27°37′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 16°21′♌︎ Leo 4°52′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 21°47′♊︎ Gemini 17°44′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 2°29′♏︎ Scorpio 17°06′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 7°19′♏︎ Scorpio 21°09′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 13°22′♌︎ Leo 10°58′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 8°53′♌︎ Leo 1°56′
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: 16 Mar – 9 Apr; 19 Jul – 12 Aug; 11 Nov – 1 Dec
Venus retrograde: 28 Oct – 8 Dec
Mars retrograde: 4 Dec 1945 – 21 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 11 Feb – 14 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 6 Nov 1945 – 20 Mar; 20 Nov – 3 Apr 1947
Uranus retrograde: 23 Sept 1945 – 20 Feb; 27 Sept – 25 Feb 1947
Neptune retrograde: 10 Jan – 17 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 13 Nov 1945 – 22 Apr; 15 Nov – 23 Apr 1947
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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