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.
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 20°59′♉︎ Taurus 10°58′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 18°32′♋︎ Cancer 14°26′
- Pluto159 days♌︎ Leo 23°16′♌︎ Leo 20°47′
- Neptune159 days♎︎ Libra 23°53′♎︎ Libra 21°06′
- Saturn139 days♎︎ Libra 27°17′♎︎ Libra 20°33′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 2°59′♓︎ Pisces 19°46′
- Venus42 days♉︎ Taurus 1°20′♈︎ Aries 14°58′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 8°22′♋︎ Cancer 27°30′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 26°28′♊︎ Gemini 16°24′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 23°06′♋︎ Cancer 18°59′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 0°41′♏︎ Scorpio 14°35′
- Pluto159 days♌︎ Leo 25°01′♌︎ Leo 22°32′
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: 9 Mar – 1 Apr; 11 Jul – 4 Aug; 3 Nov – 23 Nov
Venus retrograde: 23 Mar – 4 May
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Sept 1952 – 5 Jan; 15 Oct – 10 Feb 1954
Saturn retrograde: 5 Feb – 23 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 24 Oct 1952 – 22 Mar; 29 Oct – 27 Mar 1954
Neptune retrograde: 25 Jan – 2 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 24 Nov 1952 – 2 May; 26 Nov – 4 May 1954
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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