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♋︎ Cancer 5°01′♋︎ Cancer 0°56′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 18°11′♌︎ Leo 15°46′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 19°26′♍︎ Virgo 12°34′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 4°07′♑︎ Capricorn 18°03′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 18°44′♒︎ Aquarius 3°06′
- Neptune159 days♎︎ Libra 17°21′♎︎ Libra 14°34′
- Mars80 days♎︎ Libra 11°02′♍︎ Virgo 22°00′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 27°31′♉︎ Taurus 18°30′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 7°27′♒︎ Aquarius 27°35′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 2°25′♍︎ Virgo 17°56′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 9°29′♋︎ Cancer 5°24′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 19°51′♌︎ Leo 17°24′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 18°10′♑︎ Capricorn 1°55′
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: 8 Jan – 29 Jan; 3 May – 27 May; 4 Sept – 26 Sept; 23 Dec – 12 Jan 1951
Venus retrograde: 10 Jan – 20 Feb
Mars retrograde: 12 Feb – 3 May
Jupiter retrograde: 27 Jun – 24 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 30 Dec 1949 – 15 May
Uranus retrograde: 11 Oct 1949 – 9 Mar; 16 Oct – 14 Mar 1951
Neptune retrograde: 18 Jan – 26 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 19 Nov 1949 – 28 Apr; 21 Nov – 30 Apr 1951
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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