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 21°04′♌︎ Leo 16°55′
- Pluto158 days♍︎ Virgo 6°10′♍︎ Virgo 3°35′
- Neptune159 days♏︎ Scorpio 9°08′♏︎ Scorpio 6°21′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 25°52′♓︎ Pisces 12°05′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 3°36′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°46′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 18°25′♑︎ Capricorn 11°49′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 0°14′♋︎ Cancer 19°57′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 24°01′♏︎ Scorpio 8°00′
- Mars77 days♋︎ Cancer 18°39′♊︎ Gemini 29°59′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 25°48′♌︎ Leo 21°39′
- Pluto158 days♍︎ Virgo 8°07′♍︎ Virgo 5°32′
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 Mar – 24 Mar; 3 Jul – 27 Jul; 27 Oct – 16 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 20 Nov – 6 Feb 1961
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Apr – 20 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 27 Apr – 15 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 27 Nov 1959 – 24 Apr; 1 Dec – 29 Apr 1961
Neptune retrograde: 10 Feb – 18 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 8 Dec 1959 – 15 May; 10 Dec – 17 May 1961
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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