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.
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 8°03′♉︎ Taurus 1°10′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 16°40′♊︎ Gemini 6°36′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 28°35′♌︎ Leo 25°47′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 2°18′♒︎ Aquarius 17°15′
- Pluto161 days♑︎ Capricorn 5°52′♑︎ Capricorn 3°15′
- Mars71 days♐︎ Sagittarius 17°55′♐︎ Sagittarius 3°20′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 2°43′♊︎ Gemini 23°49′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 0°39′♌︎ Leo 14°19′
- Uranus152 days♈︎ Aries 21°10′♈︎ Aries 17°13′
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 21°46′♉︎ Taurus 14°52′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 1°12′♎︎ Libra 15°34′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 20°33′♋︎ Cancer 10°29′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 0°47′♌︎ Leo 27°59′
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: 6 Feb – 28 Feb; 6 Jun – 30 Jun; 3 Oct – 24 Oct
Venus retrograde: 24 Jul – 5 Sept
Mars retrograde: 28 Apr – 8 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Oct 1763 – 31 Jan; 6 Nov – 6 Mar 1765
Saturn retrograde: 20 Aug 1763 – 2 Jan; 2 Sept – 15 Jan 1765
Uranus retrograde: 26 Jul – 25 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 1 Dec 1763 – 6 May; 2 Dec – 8 May 1765
Pluto retrograde: 6 Apr – 14 Sept
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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