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Retrograde tracker

Which planet is retrograde right now, at what degree, and when it turns direct. Station dates with times. No account.

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Turns retrograde: the planet starts to appear to move backwards. Turns direct: it moves forwards again. All times are in UTC.

Retrograde periods touching 1976

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Mars75 days6 Nov 1975 12:00♋︎ Cancer 2°39′20 Jan 1976 21:27♊︎ Gemini 14°43′
Saturn134 days14 Nov 1975 19:24♌︎ Leo 2°58′27 Mar 1976 19:58♋︎ Cancer 26°01′
Mercury21 days14 Jan 1976 06:42♒︎ Aquarius 9°18′3 Feb 1976 22:56♑︎ Capricorn 23°19′
Pluto156 days14 Jan 1976 11:41♎︎ Libra 11°42′18 Jun 1976 21:43♎︎ Libra 8°55′
Uranus151 days10 Feb 1976 22:11♏︎ Scorpio 7°08′11 Jul 1976 06:04♏︎ Scorpio 3°02′
Neptune160 days15 Mar 1976 20:39♐︎ Sagittarius 13°58′23 Aug 1976 02:03♐︎ Sagittarius 11°11′
Mercury24 days9 May 1976 05:04♊︎ Gemini 3°44′2 Jun 1976 01:19♉︎ Taurus 24°56′
Mercury22 days8 Sept 1976 22:03♎︎ Libra 7°51′1 Oct 1976 03:59♍︎ Virgo 23°08′
Jupiter118 days19 Sept 1976 18:39♊︎ Gemini 1°12′15 Jan 1977 10:55♉︎ Taurus 21°10′
Saturn134 days27 Nov 1976 18:45♌︎ Leo 16°52′11 Apr 1977 05:41♌︎ Leo 9°57′
Mercury20 days28 Dec 1976 04:34♑︎ Capricorn 23°19′17 Jan 1977 08:00♑︎ Capricorn 7°05′

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.

The year's retrograde strip

1976

Mercury retrograde: 14 Jan – 3 Feb; 9 May – 2 Jun; 8 Sept – 1 Oct; 28 Dec – 17 Jan 1977

Venus: no retrograde period this year

Mars retrograde: 6 Nov 1975 – 20 Jan

Jupiter retrograde: 19 Sept – 15 Jan 1977

Saturn retrograde: 14 Nov 1975 – 27 Mar; 27 Nov – 11 Apr 1977

Uranus retrograde: 10 Feb – 11 Jul

Neptune retrograde: 15 Mar – 23 Aug

Pluto retrograde: 14 Jan – 18 Jun

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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