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♌︎ Leo 8°44′♌︎ Leo 5°56′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 1°58′♑︎ Capricorn 16°27′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 18°38′♍︎ Virgo 8°39′
- Pluto159 days♐︎ Sagittarius 16°13′♐︎ Sagittarius 13°30′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 13°15′♈︎ Aries 1°09′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 28°55′♑︎ Capricorn 22°17′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 15°17′♓︎ Pisces 11°22′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 19°47′♌︎ Leo 7°49′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 10°57′♌︎ Leo 8°09′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 9°47′♏︎ Scorpio 23°33′
- Mars78 days♋︎ Cancer 18°30′♊︎ Gemini 29°43′
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: 19 Mar – 11 Apr; 22 Jul – 15 Aug; 13 Nov – 3 Dec
Venus retrograde: 24 Dec 1754 – 3 Feb
Mars retrograde: 20 Nov – 6 Feb 1756
Jupiter retrograde: 3 Jan – 5 May
Saturn retrograde: 8 May – 27 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 20 Jun – 20 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 11 Nov 1754 – 16 Apr; 13 Nov – 18 Apr 1756
Pluto retrograde: 19 Mar – 25 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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