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 12°05′♋︎ Cancer 9°16′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 5°40′♌︎ Leo 28°47′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 14°14′♍︎ Virgo 4°15′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 6°53′♌︎ Leo 17°24′
- Pluto157 days♏︎ Scorpio 16°34′♏︎ Scorpio 13°45′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 23°15′♓︎ Pisces 9°32′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°04′♑︎ Capricorn 23°07′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 27°42′♋︎ Cancer 17°22′
- Venus41 days♏︎ Scorpio 18°19′♏︎ Scorpio 2°51′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 14°19′♋︎ Cancer 11°30′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 21°21′♏︎ Scorpio 5°20′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 18°53′♍︎ Virgo 12°03′
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: 27 Feb – 22 Mar; 1 Jul – 25 Jul; 25 Oct – 14 Nov
Venus retrograde: 13 Oct – 24 Nov
Mars retrograde: 7 Jan – 29 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 30 Dec 1742 – 1 May
Saturn retrograde: 16 Dec 1742 – 30 Apr; 29 Dec – 13 May 1744
Uranus retrograde: 1 May – 3 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 15 Oct 1742 – 20 Mar; 17 Oct – 22 Mar 1744
Pluto retrograde: 18 Feb – 25 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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