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.
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 15°47′♋︎ Cancer 5°43′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 4°18′♌︎ Leo 1°30′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°21′♑︎ Capricorn 11°14′
- Pluto159 days♐︎ Sagittarius 11°32′♐︎ Sagittarius 8°47′
- Saturn142 days♑︎ Capricorn 6°11′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°34′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 19°58′♉︎ Taurus 10°43′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 25°59′♊︎ Gemini 9°28′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 7°22′♓︎ Pisces 3°27′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 25°23′♍︎ Virgo 11°06′
- Mars72 days♊︎ Gemini 3°47′♉︎ Taurus 17°26′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 6°31′♌︎ Leo 3°43′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 17°59′♌︎ Leo 7°57′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 11°26′♐︎ Sagittarius 25°09′
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: 1 Jan – 21 Jan; 25 Apr – 19 May; 27 Aug – 18 Sept; 16 Dec – 4 Jan 1754
Venus retrograde: 18 May – 30 Jun
Mars retrograde: 10 Oct – 21 Dec
Jupiter retrograde: 2 Nov 1752 – 1 Mar; 3 Dec – 3 Apr 1754
Saturn retrograde: 14 Apr – 3 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 11 Jun – 12 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 6 Nov 1752 – 11 Apr; 8 Nov – 14 Apr 1754
Pluto retrograde: 14 Mar – 19 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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