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.
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 24°12′♊︎ Gemini 22°13′
- Neptune157 days♋︎ Cancer 4°23′♋︎ Cancer 1°33′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 0°36′♊︎ Gemini 23°40′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 9°59′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°41′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 13°15′♍︎ Virgo 9°06′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 27°14′♈︎ Aries 14°51′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°24′♒︎ Aquarius 2°33′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 3°44′♌︎ Leo 22°04′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 25°11′♊︎ Gemini 23°11′
- Neptune157 days♋︎ Cancer 6°37′♋︎ Cancer 3°48′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 14°37′♋︎ Cancer 7°40′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 20°28′♐︎ Sagittarius 5°06′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 24°12′♐︎ Sagittarius 8°00′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 18°00′♍︎ Virgo 13°51′
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: 13 Dec 2885 – 2 Jan; 1 Apr – 24 Apr; 4 Aug – 28 Aug; 26 Nov – 16 Dec
Venus retrograde: 13 Nov – 25 Dec
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 29 May – 27 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 11 Oct 2885 – 23 Feb; 26 Oct – 9 Mar 2887
Uranus retrograde: 17 Dec 2885 – 15 May; 22 Dec – 21 May 2887
Neptune retrograde: 6 Oct 2885 – 12 Mar; 9 Oct – 14 Mar 2887
Pluto retrograde: 22 Sept 2885 – 6 Mar; 23 Sept – 7 Mar 2887
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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