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♉︎ Taurus 7°24′♉︎ Taurus 3°25′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 18°12′♋︎ Cancer 11°14′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 9°36′♍︎ Virgo 6°48′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 28°44′♓︎ Pisces 15°24′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 22°58′♏︎ Scorpio 13°06′
- Pluto161 days♑︎ Capricorn 15°44′♑︎ Capricorn 13°11′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 21°42′♊︎ Gemini 5°10′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 3°53′♋︎ Cancer 23°08′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 11°30′♉︎ Taurus 7°31′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 26°30′♏︎ Scorpio 10°25′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 2°16′♋︎ Cancer 25°18′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 11°47′♍︎ Virgo 9°00′
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: 4 Mar – 27 Mar; 6 Jul – 30 Jul; 30 Oct – 19 Nov
Venus retrograde: 13 May – 25 Jun
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 8 Mar – 10 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 30 Oct 1768 – 12 Mar; 13 Nov – 27 Mar 1770
Uranus retrograde: 12 Aug 1768 – 10 Jan; 16 Aug – 15 Jan 1770
Neptune retrograde: 11 Dec 1768 – 17 May; 13 Dec – 20 May 1770
Pluto retrograde: 16 Apr – 25 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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