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.
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 24°32′♋︎ Cancer 20°25′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 16°09′♌︎ Leo 13°43′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 2°05′♓︎ Pisces 19°06′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 7°45′♋︎ Cancer 26°38′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 14°31′♈︎ Aries 11°42′
- Saturn136 days♈︎ Aries 22°40′♈︎ Aries 15°49′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 21°13′♉︎ Taurus 11°12′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 0°27′♏︎ Scorpio 15°05′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 29°31′♏︎ Scorpio 13°24′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 29°10′♋︎ Cancer 25°02′
- Pluto159 days♌︎ Leo 17°51′♌︎ Leo 15°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: 8 Mar – 31 Mar; 11 Jul – 4 Aug; 3 Nov – 23 Nov
Venus retrograde: 26 Oct – 6 Dec
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Sept – 6 Jan 1704
Saturn retrograde: 5 Aug – 19 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 31 Oct 1702 – 29 Mar; 5 Nov – 2 Apr 1704
Neptune retrograde: 18 Jul – 23 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 17 Nov 1702 – 26 Apr; 19 Nov – 27 Apr 1704
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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