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 26°10′♊︎ Gemini 22°06′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 14°57′♌︎ Leo 12°33′
- Saturn135 days♌︎ Leo 22°40′♌︎ Leo 15°45′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 7°36′♌︎ Leo 18°06′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 12°59′♎︎ Libra 10°12′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 6°31′♒︎ Aquarius 21°33′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 28°56′♐︎ Sagittarius 19°06′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 11°09′♊︎ Gemini 24°38′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 7°16′♊︎ Gemini 28°17′
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 0°34′♊︎ Gemini 26°30′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 5°25′♎︎ Libra 19°45′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 16°33′♌︎ Leo 14°08′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 6°12′♌︎ Leo 29°18′
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: 11 Feb – 4 Mar; 11 Jun – 5 Jul; 8 Oct – 28 Oct
Venus retrograde: 3 Jun – 16 Jul
Mars retrograde: 8 Jan – 29 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 15 Apr – 16 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 4 Dec 1947 – 17 Apr; 17 Dec – 1 May 1949
Uranus retrograde: 2 Oct 1947 – 29 Feb; 6 Oct – 5 Mar 1949
Neptune retrograde: 14 Jan – 21 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 16 Nov 1947 – 24 Apr; 17 Nov – 26 Apr 1949
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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