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♌︎ Leo 2°20′♋︎ Cancer 28°13′
- Pluto159 days♌︎ Leo 28°36′♌︎ Leo 26°05′
- Jupiter121 days♍︎ Virgo 1°30′♌︎ Leo 21°29′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 13°26′♑︎ Capricorn 27°35′
- Neptune159 days♏︎ Scorpio 0°25′♎︎ Libra 27°38′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 2°48′♏︎ Scorpio 26°09′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 8°52′♊︎ Gemini 0°14′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 9°01′♊︎ Gemini 22°30′
- Mars61 days♓︎ Pisces 23°39′♓︎ Pisces 13°09′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 12°11′♍︎ Virgo 27°16′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 6°59′♌︎ Leo 2°51′
- Pluto159 days♍︎ Virgo 0°27′♌︎ Leo 27°55′
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: 18 Jan – 8 Feb; 14 May – 7 Jun; 13 Sept – 5 Oct
Venus retrograde: 31 May – 13 Jul
Mars retrograde: 10 Aug – 10 Oct
Jupiter retrograde: 18 Dec 1955 – 17 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 12 Mar – 30 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 8 Nov 1955 – 5 Apr; 12 Nov – 10 Apr 1957
Neptune retrograde: 1 Feb – 9 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 1 Dec 1955 – 7 May; 2 Dec – 9 May 1957
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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