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.
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 5°36′♊︎ Gemini 1°35′
- Pluto161 days♋︎ Cancer 29°16′♋︎ Cancer 26°58′
- Mars76 days♊︎ Gemini 29°38′♊︎ Gemini 11°36′
- Mercury22 days♒︎ Aquarius 25°58′♒︎ Aquarius 10°41′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 11°51′♐︎ Sagittarius 5°13′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 25°12′♊︎ Gemini 16°30′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 19°52′♓︎ Pisces 17°04′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 20°32′♍︎ Virgo 4°23′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 9°54′♊︎ Gemini 5°52′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 24°55′♎︎ Libra 9°25′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 21°30′♊︎ Gemini 11°26′
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 0°42′♋︎ Cancer 28°23′
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: 30 Jan – 21 Feb; 29 May – 22 Jun; 26 Sept – 17 Oct
Venus retrograde: 14 Aug – 25 Sept
Mars retrograde: 2 Nov 1691 – 17 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 8 Oct – 4 Feb 1693
Saturn retrograde: 20 Mar – 8 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 10 Sept 1691 – 8 Feb; 14 Sept – 11 Feb 1693
Neptune retrograde: 21 Jun – 27 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 30 Oct 1691 – 8 Apr; 31 Oct – 9 Apr 1693
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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