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.
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 6°41′♊︎ Gemini 2°39′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 21°41′♊︎ Gemini 11°37′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 24°55′♍︎ Virgo 22°07′
- Saturn138 days♎︎ Libra 21°16′♎︎ Libra 14°31′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 21°36′♓︎ Pisces 7°44′
- Pluto162 days♑︎ Capricorn 28°26′♑︎ Capricorn 25°58′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 25°43′♋︎ Cancer 15°33′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 10°59′♊︎ Gemini 6°56′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 19°49′♏︎ Scorpio 3°50′
- Jupiter120 days♋︎ Cancer 25°14′♋︎ Cancer 15°10′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 27°06′♍︎ Virgo 24°19′
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: 25 Feb – 19 Mar; 28 Jun – 22 Jul; 22 Oct – 11 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Oct 1775 – 5 Feb; 11 Nov – 10 Mar 1777
Saturn retrograde: 30 Jan – 16 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 12 Sept 1775 – 9 Feb; 15 Sept – 13 Feb 1777
Neptune retrograde: 27 Dec 1775 – 2 Jun; 28 Dec – 4 Jun 1777
Pluto retrograde: 28 Apr – 8 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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