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.
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 19°47′♉︎ Taurus 15°47′
- Saturn135 days♌︎ Leo 29°46′♌︎ Leo 22°52′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 16°10′♍︎ Virgo 13°23′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 9°15′♑︎ Capricorn 23°21′
- Pluto162 days♑︎ Capricorn 21°20′♑︎ Capricorn 18°49′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 4°21′♉︎ Taurus 25°41′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 2°38′♒︎ Aquarius 22°46′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 28°28′♌︎ Leo 12°08′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 23°58′♉︎ Taurus 19°57′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 7°54′♍︎ Virgo 23°03′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 11°02′♋︎ Cancer 21°41′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 18°21′♍︎ Virgo 15°34′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 13°07′♍︎ Virgo 6°14′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 23°14′♑︎ Capricorn 7°03′
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: 13 Jan – 3 Feb; 9 May – 2 Jun; 8 Sept – 30 Sept; 27 Dec – 16 Jan 1773
Venus retrograde: 22 Jul – 3 Sept
Mars retrograde: 11 Dec – 1 Mar 1773
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Jun – 18 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 10 Dec 1771 – 23 Apr; 23 Dec – 7 May 1773
Uranus retrograde: 25 Aug 1771 – 23 Jan; 29 Aug – 27 Jan 1773
Neptune retrograde: 18 Dec 1771 – 24 May; 19 Dec – 26 May 1773
Pluto retrograde: 22 Apr – 30 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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