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 27°42′♋︎ Cancer 23°35′
- Jupiter120 days♋︎ Cancer 29°56′♋︎ Cancer 19°52′
- Pluto159 days♌︎ Leo 26°48′♌︎ Leo 24°18′
- Neptune159 days♎︎ Libra 28°14′♎︎ Libra 25°27′
- Mercury22 days♒︎ Aquarius 29°39′♒︎ Aquarius 14°21′
- Saturn140 days♏︎ Scorpio 21°10′♏︎ Scorpio 14°30′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 28°50′♊︎ Gemini 20°09′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 28°38′♎︎ Libra 13°09′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 2°20′♋︎ Cancer 28°13′
- Pluto159 days♌︎ Leo 28°36′♌︎ Leo 26°05′
- Jupiter121 days♍︎ Virgo 1°30′♌︎ Leo 21°29′
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: 3 Feb – 25 Feb; 3 Jun – 27 Jun; 1 Oct – 22 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 17 Nov 1954 – 16 Mar; 18 Dec – 17 Apr 1956
Saturn retrograde: 1 Mar – 19 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 3 Nov 1954 – 1 Apr; 8 Nov – 5 Apr 1956
Neptune retrograde: 29 Jan – 7 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 28 Nov 1954 – 6 May; 1 Dec – 7 May 1956
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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