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 11°30′♉︎ Taurus 7°31′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 2°16′♋︎ Cancer 25°18′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 11°47′♍︎ Virgo 9°00′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 11°54′♒︎ Aquarius 27°23′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 24°17′♐︎ Sagittarius 14°27′
- Pluto161 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°37′♑︎ Capricorn 15°05′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 14°17′♋︎ Cancer 4°50′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 15°38′♉︎ Taurus 11°38′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 10°33′♎︎ Libra 24°43′
- Mars76 days♋︎ Cancer 2°52′♊︎ Gemini 14°44′
- Saturn135 days♌︎ Leo 16°08′♌︎ Leo 9°12′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 13°59′♍︎ Virgo 11°11′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°00′♑︎ Capricorn 11°33′
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: 15 Feb – 9 Mar; 18 Jun – 12 Jul; 13 Oct – 3 Nov
Venus retrograde: 20 Dec – 29 Jan 1771
Mars retrograde: 5 Nov – 20 Jan 1771
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Apr – 11 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 13 Nov 1769 – 27 Mar; 27 Nov – 10 Apr 1771
Uranus retrograde: 16 Aug 1769 – 15 Jan; 21 Aug – 19 Jan 1771
Neptune retrograde: 13 Dec 1769 – 20 May; 16 Dec – 22 May 1771
Pluto retrograde: 18 Apr – 27 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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