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 6°59′♌︎ Leo 2°51′
- Pluto159 days♍︎ Virgo 0°27′♌︎ Leo 27°55′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°25′♑︎ Capricorn 11°15′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 1°47′♍︎ Virgo 21°50′
- Neptune159 days♏︎ Scorpio 2°35′♎︎ Libra 29°49′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 14°18′♐︎ Sagittarius 7°40′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 19°26′♉︎ Taurus 9°59′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 25°15′♍︎ Virgo 11°09′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 11°40′♌︎ Leo 7°31′
- Pluto158 days♍︎ Virgo 2°19′♌︎ Leo 29°46′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 11°31′♐︎ Sagittarius 25°14′
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: 1 Jan – 21 Jan; 25 Apr – 19 May; 27 Aug – 19 Sept; 16 Dec – 5 Jan 1958
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 16 Jan – 19 May
Saturn retrograde: 24 Mar – 11 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 12 Nov 1956 – 10 Apr; 17 Nov – 15 Apr 1958
Neptune retrograde: 2 Feb – 11 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 2 Dec 1956 – 9 May; 4 Dec – 11 May 1958
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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