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.
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 1°01′♉︎ Taurus 21°01′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 28°06′♊︎ Gemini 26°06′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 13°21′♋︎ Cancer 10°32′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 26°39′♌︎ Leo 19°43′
- Uranus149 days♎︎ Libra 2°21′♍︎ Virgo 28°12′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 20°56′♒︎ Aquarius 4°54′
- Venus41 days♓︎ Pisces 6°34′♒︎ Aquarius 20°54′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 14°54′♊︎ Gemini 6°01′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 19°31′♎︎ Libra 4°56′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 29°05′♊︎ Gemini 27°05′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 15°35′♋︎ Cancer 12°47′
- Jupiter118 days♋︎ Cancer 6°47′♊︎ Gemini 26°44′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 10°24′♍︎ Virgo 3°29′
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 Jan – 14 Feb; 19 May – 12 Jun; 19 Sept – 12 Oct
Venus retrograde: 27 Jan – 9 Mar
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 18 Sept 2889 – 14 Jan; 24 Oct – 19 Feb 2891
Saturn retrograde: 6 Dec 2889 – 20 Apr; 20 Dec – 4 May 2891
Uranus retrograde: 5 Jan – 4 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 15 Oct 2889 – 20 Mar; 18 Oct – 23 Mar 2891
Pluto retrograde: 26 Sept 2889 – 10 Mar; 28 Sept – 11 Mar 2891
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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