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 13°59′♋︎ Cancer 9°54′
- Pluto159 days♌︎ Leo 21°33′♌︎ Leo 19°05′
- Neptune159 days♎︎ Libra 21°42′♎︎ Libra 18°55′
- Saturn138 days♎︎ Libra 14°58′♎︎ Libra 8°11′
- Mars77 days♏︎ Scorpio 18°28′♏︎ Scorpio 1°09′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 20°25′♈︎ Aries 8°40′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 27°09′♌︎ Leo 14°53′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 20°59′♉︎ Taurus 10°58′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 18°32′♋︎ Cancer 14°26′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 16°31′♐︎ Sagittarius 0°16′
- Pluto159 days♌︎ Leo 23°16′♌︎ Leo 20°47′
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: 26 Mar – 19 Apr; 29 Jul – 22 Aug; 20 Nov – 10 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 25 Mar – 10 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Sept – 5 Jan 1953
Saturn retrograde: 24 Jan – 10 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 20 Oct 1951 – 18 Mar; 24 Oct – 22 Mar 1953
Neptune retrograde: 23 Jan – 30 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 23 Nov 1951 – 30 Apr; 24 Nov – 2 May 1953
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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