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 21°47′♊︎ Gemini 17°44′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 13°22′♌︎ Leo 10°58′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 8°53′♌︎ Leo 1°56′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 10°48′♎︎ Libra 8°01′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 23°08′♓︎ Pisces 9°11′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 27°33′♏︎ Scorpio 17°41′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 27°07′♋︎ Cancer 17°02′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 26°10′♊︎ Gemini 22°06′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 21°26′♏︎ Scorpio 5°28′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 14°57′♌︎ Leo 12°33′
- Saturn135 days♌︎ Leo 22°40′♌︎ Leo 15°45′
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: 27 Feb – 22 Mar; 1 Jul – 25 Jul; 25 Oct – 15 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Mar – 15 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 20 Nov 1946 – 3 Apr; 4 Dec – 17 Apr 1948
Uranus retrograde: 27 Sept 1946 – 25 Feb; 2 Oct – 29 Feb 1948
Neptune retrograde: 12 Jan – 19 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 15 Nov 1946 – 23 Apr; 16 Nov – 24 Apr 1948
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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