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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 2001

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Saturn135 days12 Sept 2000 11:33♊︎ Gemini 0°58′25 Jan 2001 00:23♉︎ Taurus 24°03′
Jupiter118 days29 Sept 2000 12:51♊︎ Gemini 11°14′25 Jan 2001 08:37♊︎ Gemini 1°11′
Mercury22 days4 Feb 2001 01:58♓︎ Pisces 0°41′25 Feb 2001 15:41♒︎ Aquarius 15°24′
Venus42 days9 Mar 2001 01:06♈︎ Aries 17°43′20 Apr 2001 04:34♈︎ Aries 1°27′
Pluto159 days18 Mar 2001 02:38♐︎ Sagittarius 15°16′23 Aug 2001 16:07♐︎ Sagittarius 12°32′
Neptune160 days11 May 2001 01:12♒︎ Aquarius 8°46′18 Oct 2001 01:48♒︎ Aquarius 5°59′
Mars69 days11 May 2001 16:08♐︎ Sagittarius 29°02′19 Jul 2001 22:44♐︎ Sagittarius 15°06′
Uranus154 days29 May 2001 15:11♒︎ Aquarius 24°50′30 Oct 2001 22:55♒︎ Aquarius 20°54′
Mercury24 days4 Jun 2001 05:21♊︎ Gemini 29°57′28 Jun 2001 05:49♊︎ Gemini 21°15′
Saturn134 days27 Sept 2001 00:04♊︎ Gemini 14°58′8 Feb 2002 01:31♊︎ Gemini 8°01′
Mercury21 days1 Oct 2001 19:23♎︎ Libra 29°41′23 Oct 2001 00:22♎︎ Libra 14°12′
Jupiter119 days2 Nov 2001 15:34♋︎ Cancer 15°41′1 Mar 2002 15:14♋︎ Cancer 5°37′

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

2001

Mercury retrograde: 4 Feb – 25 Feb; 4 Jun – 28 Jun; 1 Oct – 23 Oct

Venus retrograde: 9 Mar – 20 Apr

Mars retrograde: 11 May – 19 Jul

Jupiter retrograde: 29 Sept 2000 – 25 Jan; 2 Nov – 1 Mar 2002

Saturn retrograde: 12 Sept 2000 – 25 Jan; 27 Sept – 8 Feb 2002

Uranus retrograde: 29 May – 30 Oct

Neptune retrograde: 11 May – 18 Oct

Pluto retrograde: 18 Mar – 23 Aug

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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