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.
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 1°12′♉︎ Taurus 21°10′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 16°52′♌︎ Leo 9°57′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 23°19′♑︎ Capricorn 7°05′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 14°11′♎︎ Libra 11°23′
- Uranus152 days♏︎ Scorpio 11°47′♏︎ Scorpio 7°41′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 24°33′♈︎ Aries 8°14′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 16°08′♐︎ Sagittarius 13°22′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 14°30′♉︎ Taurus 4°42′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 20°46′♍︎ Virgo 6°56′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 6°08′♊︎ Gemini 26°04′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 0°32′♌︎ Leo 23°39′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 7°27′♐︎ Sagittarius 21°08′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 11°33′♋︎ Cancer 22°16′
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: 28 Dec 1976 – 17 Jan; 20 Apr – 13 May; 22 Aug – 14 Sept; 12 Dec – 31 Dec
Venus retrograde: 16 Mar – 27 Apr
Mars retrograde: 12 Dec – 2 Mar 1978
Jupiter retrograde: 19 Sept 1976 – 15 Jan; 24 Oct – 20 Feb 1978
Saturn retrograde: 27 Nov 1976 – 11 Apr; 11 Dec – 25 Apr 1978
Uranus retrograde: 14 Feb – 16 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 18 Mar – 25 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 16 Jan – 21 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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