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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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The page opens in UTC because the server does not know where you are. Pick your own zone and every row is recomputed for it; the choice is remembered.

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

Retrograde periods touching 2005

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Saturn134 days8 Nov 2004 06:54♋︎ Cancer 27°20′22 Mar 2005 02:53♋︎ Cancer 20°23′
Jupiter123 days2 Feb 2005 02:26♎︎ Libra 18°51′5 Jun 2005 07:20♎︎ Libra 8°55′
Mercury23 days20 Mar 2005 00:14♈︎ Aries 14°06′12 Apr 2005 07:45♈︎ Aries 1°44′
Pluto159 days27 Mar 2005 02:28♐︎ Sagittarius 24°30′2 Sept 2005 10:51♐︎ Sagittarius 21°49′
Neptune160 days19 May 2005 23:35♒︎ Aquarius 17°36′26 Oct 2005 23:23♒︎ Aquarius 14°49′
Uranus154 days14 Jun 2005 22:37♓︎ Pisces 10°45′16 Nov 2005 00:08♓︎ Pisces 6°50′
Mercury24 days23 Jul 2005 03:00♌︎ Leo 20°28′16 Aug 2005 03:50♌︎ Leo 8°45′
Mars69 days1 Oct 2005 22:03♉︎ Taurus 23°22′10 Dec 2005 04:03♉︎ Taurus 8°14′
Mercury20 days14 Nov 2005 05:42♐︎ Sagittarius 10°56′4 Dec 2005 02:23♏︎ Scorpio 24°44′
Saturn134 days22 Nov 2005 09:01♌︎ Leo 11°18′5 Apr 2006 12:54♌︎ Leo 4°22′
Venus41 days24 Dec 2005 09:36♒︎ Aquarius 1°28′3 Feb 2006 09:18♑︎ Capricorn 16°01′

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

2005

Mercury retrograde: 20 Mar – 12 Apr; 23 Jul – 16 Aug; 14 Nov – 4 Dec

Venus retrograde: 24 Dec – 3 Feb 2006

Mars retrograde: 1 Oct – 10 Dec

Jupiter retrograde: 2 Feb – 5 Jun

Saturn retrograde: 8 Nov 2004 – 22 Mar; 22 Nov – 5 Apr 2006

Uranus retrograde: 14 Jun – 16 Nov

Neptune retrograde: 19 May – 26 Oct

Pluto retrograde: 27 Mar – 2 Sept

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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