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.
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 11°44′♊︎ Gemini 4°46′
- Neptune156 days♊︎ Gemini 28°39′♊︎ Gemini 25°50′
- Pluto156 days♏︎ Scorpio 0°57′♎︎ Libra 28°07′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 13°31′♒︎ Aquarius 29°08′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 1°59′♐︎ Sagittarius 27°59′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 0°16′♊︎ Gemini 13°45′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 16°19′♋︎ Cancer 6°43′
- Jupiter118 days♓︎ Pisces 23°30′♓︎ Pisces 13°36′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 0°54′♊︎ Gemini 28°05′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 25°56′♊︎ Gemini 18°58′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 12°05′♎︎ Libra 26°13′
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: 17 Feb – 11 Mar; 19 Jun – 14 Jul; 15 Oct – 4 Nov
Venus retrograde: 22 May – 4 Jul
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 13 Jul – 8 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 23 Sept 1736 – 4 Feb; 8 Oct – 18 Feb 1738
Uranus retrograde: 5 Apr – 6 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 1 Oct 1736 – 6 Mar; 3 Oct – 9 Mar 1738
Pluto retrograde: 1 Feb – 8 Jul
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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