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♍︎ Virgo 5°18′♍︎ Virgo 1°08′
- Pluto158 days♍︎ Virgo 12°09′♍︎ Virgo 9°32′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 24°47′♌︎ Leo 5°20′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 6°42′♑︎ Capricorn 20°41′
- Neptune160 days♏︎ Scorpio 15°39′♏︎ Scorpio 12°53′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 0°37′♉︎ Taurus 21°43′
- Saturn140 days♒︎ Aquarius 23°06′♒︎ Aquarius 16°26′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 19°28′♈︎ Aries 9°32′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 5°08′♍︎ Virgo 20°32′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 10°04′♍︎ Virgo 5°54′
- Pluto158 days♍︎ Virgo 14°13′♍︎ Virgo 11°35′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°44′♑︎ Capricorn 4°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: 11 Jan – 1 Feb; 6 May – 30 May; 6 Sept – 29 Sept; 26 Dec – 15 Jan 1964
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 26 Dec 1962 – 16 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Aug – 5 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 3 Jun – 21 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 11 Dec 1962 – 9 May; 16 Dec – 13 May 1964
Neptune retrograde: 16 Feb – 25 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 14 Dec 1962 – 21 May; 17 Dec – 22 May 1964
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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