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.
- Uranus152 days♈︎ Aries 29°15′♈︎ Aries 25°17′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 19°50′♊︎ Gemini 12°53′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 5°12′♍︎ Virgo 2°24′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 14°00′♐︎ Sagittarius 27°44′
- Jupiter123 days♍︎ Virgo 22°55′♍︎ Virgo 12°57′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 4°09′♈︎ Aries 23°49′
- Pluto161 days♑︎ Capricorn 11°52′♑︎ Capricorn 9°18′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 3°19′♈︎ Aries 29°21′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 10°48′♌︎ Leo 27°23′
- Venus42 days♏︎ Scorpio 11°08′♎︎ Libra 25°35′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 4°02′♊︎ Gemini 27°04′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 28°09′♐︎ Sagittarius 11°51′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 7°24′♍︎ Virgo 4°36′
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: 18 Dec 1766 – 7 Jan; 9 Apr – 3 May; 12 Aug – 4 Sept; 2 Dec – 22 Dec
Venus retrograde: 6 Oct – 16 Nov
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 7 Jan – 9 May
Saturn retrograde: 2 Oct 1766 – 12 Feb; 16 Oct – 27 Feb 1768
Uranus retrograde: 4 Aug 1766 – 3 Jan; 8 Aug – 7 Jan 1768
Neptune retrograde: 7 Dec 1766 – 13 May; 9 Dec – 15 May 1768
Pluto retrograde: 13 Apr – 21 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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