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.
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 17°30′♊︎ Gemini 15°31′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 18°37′♊︎ Gemini 15°48′
- Jupiter118 days♋︎ Cancer 1°50′♊︎ Gemini 21°47′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 10°25′♌︎ Leo 6°19′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°36′♑︎ Capricorn 0°16′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 20°55′♍︎ Virgo 1°24′
- Mercury23 days♉︎ Taurus 4°37′♈︎ Aries 22°53′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 10°52′♈︎ Aries 4°07′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 11°32′♌︎ Leo 29°16′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 18°27′♊︎ Gemini 16°29′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 20°53′♊︎ Gemini 18°04′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 15°02′♌︎ Leo 10°55′
- Jupiter119 days♌︎ Leo 5°53′♋︎ Cancer 25°50′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 0°49′♐︎ Sagittarius 14°33′
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: 20 Dec 2878 – 9 Jan; 9 Apr – 2 May; 12 Aug – 5 Sept; 4 Dec – 24 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 20 Jan – 11 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 19 Oct 2878 – 14 Feb; 22 Nov – 20 Mar 2880
Saturn retrograde: 21 Jul – 7 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 15 Nov 2878 – 13 Apr; 20 Nov – 17 Apr 2880
Neptune retrograde: 20 Sept 2878 – 24 Feb; 23 Sept – 26 Feb 2880
Pluto retrograde: 16 Sept 2878 – 27 Feb; 17 Sept – 29 Feb 2880
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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