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.
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 9°29′♋︎ Cancer 5°24′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 19°51′♌︎ Leo 17°24′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 18°10′♑︎ Capricorn 1°55′
- Saturn137 days♎︎ Libra 2°21′♍︎ Virgo 25°32′
- Neptune159 days♎︎ Libra 19°32′♎︎ Libra 16°45′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 8°33′♈︎ Aries 28°20′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 14°10′♈︎ Aries 4°14′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 18°20′♍︎ Virgo 2°06′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 15°09′♍︎ Virgo 1°38′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 13°59′♋︎ Cancer 9°54′
- Pluto159 days♌︎ Leo 21°33′♌︎ Leo 19°05′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 2°19′♐︎ Sagittarius 16°01′
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: 23 Dec 1950 – 12 Jan; 14 Apr – 8 May; 17 Aug – 9 Sept; 7 Dec – 27 Dec
Venus retrograde: 13 Aug – 25 Sept
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Aug – 30 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 12 Jan – 29 May
Uranus retrograde: 16 Oct 1950 – 14 Mar; 20 Oct – 18 Mar 1952
Neptune retrograde: 21 Jan – 28 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 21 Nov 1950 – 30 Apr; 23 Nov – 30 Apr 1952
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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