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.
- Neptune157 days♋︎ Cancer 20°59′♋︎ Cancer 18°11′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 18°06′♑︎ Capricorn 1°52′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 4°27′♑︎ Capricorn 18°55′
- Saturn139 days♎︎ Libra 26°41′♎︎ Libra 19°57′
- Pluto157 days♏︎ Scorpio 26°49′♏︎ Scorpio 24°02′
- Mars76 days♏︎ Scorpio 18°38′♏︎ Scorpio 1°35′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 8°59′♈︎ Aries 29°03′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°39′♑︎ Capricorn 7°49′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 13°21′♒︎ Aquarius 9°26′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 15°21′♍︎ Virgo 1°38′
- Neptune157 days♋︎ Cancer 23°13′♋︎ Cancer 20°24′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 2°13′♐︎ Sagittarius 15°55′
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: 23 Dec 1746 – 12 Jan; 14 Apr – 8 May; 17 Aug – 9 Sept; 7 Dec – 26 Dec
Venus retrograde: 27 Dec 1746 – 6 Feb
Mars retrograde: 26 Mar – 10 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 5 May – 4 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 4 Feb – 23 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 18 May – 19 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 24 Oct 1746 – 29 Mar; 26 Oct – 31 Mar 1748
Pluto retrograde: 28 Feb – 4 Aug
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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