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.
- Neptune158 days♉︎ Taurus 3°33′♉︎ Taurus 0°45′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 14°39′♉︎ Taurus 10°41′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 28°41′♉︎ Taurus 26°43′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 4°42′♋︎ Cancer 27°45′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°40′♑︎ Capricorn 4°20′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 29°44′♎︎ Libra 19°48′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 9°15′♈︎ Aries 27°58′
- Neptune158 days♉︎ Taurus 5°48′♉︎ Taurus 2°59′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 16°16′♍︎ Virgo 3°39′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 18°41′♉︎ Taurus 14°43′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 29°37′♉︎ Taurus 27°39′
- Venus43 days♎︎ Libra 15°09′♍︎ Virgo 29°02′
- Mars76 days♋︎ Cancer 21°36′♋︎ Cancer 3°33′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 18°41′♌︎ Leo 11°44′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 4°52′♐︎ Sagittarius 18°35′
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: 24 Dec 2858 – 13 Jan; 14 Apr – 7 May; 17 Aug – 10 Sept; 8 Dec – 28 Dec
Venus retrograde: 8 Sept – 21 Oct
Mars retrograde: 24 Nov – 8 Feb 2860
Jupiter retrograde: 12 Feb – 16 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 15 Nov 2858 – 29 Mar; 29 Nov – 11 Apr 2860
Uranus retrograde: 19 Aug 2858 – 18 Jan; 23 Aug – 22 Jan 2860
Neptune retrograde: 5 Aug 2858 – 10 Jan; 8 Aug – 13 Jan 2860
Pluto retrograde: 28 Aug 2858 – 9 Feb; 29 Aug – 10 Feb 2860
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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