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 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′
- Pluto157 days♏︎ Scorpio 8°46′♏︎ Scorpio 5°57′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 14°39′♑︎ Capricorn 10°40′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 16°54′♉︎ Taurus 7°30′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 7°14′♌︎ Leo 20°57′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 22°37′♍︎ Virgo 8°28′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 7°36′♋︎ Cancer 4°48′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 10°59′♋︎ Cancer 0°54′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 8°21′♌︎ Leo 1°25′
- Mars79 days♌︎ Leo 2°46′♋︎ Cancer 13°34′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°51′♐︎ Sagittarius 22°34′
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 Dec 1739 – 19 Jan; 22 Apr – 15 May; 24 Aug – 15 Sept; 13 Dec – 2 Jan 1741
Venus retrograde: 31 Jul – 12 Sept
Mars retrograde: 3 Dec – 20 Feb 1741
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Sept 1739 – 21 Jan; 28 Oct – 24 Feb 1741
Saturn retrograde: 6 Nov 1739 – 18 Mar; 19 Nov – 2 Apr 1741
Uranus retrograde: 18 Apr – 19 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 8 Oct 1739 – 13 Mar; 10 Oct – 15 Mar 1741
Pluto retrograde: 10 Feb – 16 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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