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 11°40′♌︎ Leo 7°31′
- Pluto158 days♍︎ Virgo 2°19′♌︎ Leo 29°46′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 11°31′♐︎ Sagittarius 25°14′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°17′♒︎ Aquarius 0°41′
- Neptune159 days♏︎ Scorpio 4°46′♏︎ Scorpio 2°00′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 1°39′♎︎ Libra 21°45′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 25°42′♐︎ Sagittarius 19°05′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 0°50′♈︎ Aries 19°59′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 7°41′♌︎ Leo 24°40′
- Mars71 days♊︎ Gemini 2°32′♉︎ Taurus 16°34′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 16°21′♌︎ Leo 12°13′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 25°42′♐︎ Sagittarius 9°24′
- Pluto158 days♍︎ Virgo 4°13′♍︎ Virgo 1°40′
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: 16 Dec 1957 – 5 Jan; 6 Apr – 30 Apr; 9 Aug – 2 Sept; 30 Nov – 20 Dec
Venus retrograde: 8 Jan – 18 Feb
Mars retrograde: 10 Oct – 20 Dec
Jupiter retrograde: 15 Feb – 19 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 4 Apr – 24 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 17 Nov 1957 – 15 Apr; 22 Nov – 20 Apr 1959
Neptune retrograde: 5 Feb – 14 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 4 Dec 1957 – 11 May; 6 Dec – 13 May 1959
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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