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.
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 3°08′♋︎ Cancer 0°19′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 10°09′♋︎ Cancer 3°12′
- Mars75 days♊︎ Gemini 22°43′♊︎ Gemini 5°06′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 6°54′♑︎ Capricorn 21°21′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 10°48′♑︎ Capricorn 24°57′
- Pluto157 days♏︎ Scorpio 6°10′♏︎ Scorpio 3°20′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 10°27′♑︎ Capricorn 6°28′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 6°22′♉︎ Taurus 27°44′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 9°32′♍︎ Virgo 24°35′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 6°34′♉︎ Taurus 26°31′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 5°22′♋︎ Cancer 2°33′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 24°20′♋︎ Cancer 17°23′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 24°46′♑︎ Capricorn 8°36′
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: 15 Jan – 5 Feb; 12 May – 5 Jun; 11 Sept – 3 Oct; 30 Dec – 19 Jan 1740
Venus retrograde: 29 Dec 1738 – 8 Feb
Mars retrograde: 27 Oct 1738 – 10 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Sept – 21 Jan 1740
Saturn retrograde: 22 Oct 1738 – 5 Mar; 6 Nov – 18 Mar 1740
Uranus retrograde: 14 Apr – 15 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 6 Oct 1738 – 11 Mar; 8 Oct – 13 Mar 1740
Pluto retrograde: 7 Feb – 14 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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