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 23°58′♉︎ Taurus 19°57′
- 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′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 15°00′♉︎ Taurus 5°26′
- Pluto162 days♑︎ Capricorn 23°09′♑︎ Capricorn 20°39′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 9°19′♓︎ Pisces 29°23′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 20°56′♍︎ Virgo 6°54′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 28°10′♉︎ Taurus 24°10′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 7°20′♐︎ Sagittarius 21°03′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 20°33′♍︎ Virgo 17°45′
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: 27 Dec 1772 – 16 Jan; 20 Apr – 13 May; 22 Aug – 14 Sept; 11 Dec – 31 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 11 Dec 1772 – 1 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Jul – 24 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 23 Dec 1772 – 7 May
Uranus retrograde: 29 Aug 1772 – 27 Jan; 2 Sept – 31 Jan 1774
Neptune retrograde: 19 Dec 1772 – 26 May; 22 Dec – 29 May 1774
Pluto retrograde: 24 Apr – 2 Oct
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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