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♊︎ Gemini 26°28′♊︎ Gemini 16°24′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 23°06′♋︎ Cancer 18°59′
- Pluto159 days♌︎ Leo 25°01′♌︎ Leo 22°32′
- Neptune159 days♎︎ Libra 26°03′♎︎ Libra 23°17′
- Saturn139 days♏︎ Scorpio 9°21′♏︎ Scorpio 2°38′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 16°07′♓︎ Pisces 1°42′
- Mars67 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°31′♐︎ Sagittarius 25°35′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 18°50′♋︎ Cancer 9°17′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 14°45′♎︎ Libra 28°54′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 0°03′♏︎ Scorpio 14°40′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 27°42′♋︎ Cancer 23°35′
- Jupiter120 days♋︎ Cancer 29°56′♋︎ Cancer 19°52′
- Pluto159 days♌︎ Leo 26°48′♌︎ Leo 24°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: 20 Feb – 14 Mar; 23 Jun – 17 Jul; 18 Oct – 7 Nov
Venus retrograde: 25 Oct – 5 Dec
Mars retrograde: 23 May – 29 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 15 Oct 1953 – 10 Feb; 17 Nov – 16 Mar 1955
Saturn retrograde: 17 Feb – 6 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 29 Oct 1953 – 27 Mar; 3 Nov – 1 Apr 1955
Neptune retrograde: 27 Jan – 5 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 26 Nov 1953 – 4 May; 28 Nov – 6 May 1955
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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