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 10°59′♊︎ Gemini 6°56′
- Jupiter120 days♋︎ Cancer 25°14′♋︎ Cancer 15°10′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 27°06′♍︎ Virgo 24°19′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 4°57′♒︎ Aquarius 20°02′
- Saturn139 days♏︎ Scorpio 3°24′♎︎ Libra 26°42′
- Mars80 days♎︎ Libra 18°42′♎︎ Libra 0°01′
- Pluto162 days♒︎ Aquarius 0°09′♑︎ Capricorn 27°42′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 19°32′♊︎ Gemini 3°00′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 5°54′♊︎ Gemini 26°52′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 15°18′♊︎ Gemini 11°16′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 3°48′♎︎ Libra 18°07′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 26°53′♌︎ Leo 16°51′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 29°17′♍︎ Virgo 26°30′
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: 8 Feb – 2 Mar; 9 Jun – 3 Jul; 6 Oct – 26 Oct
Venus retrograde: 11 May – 23 Jun
Mars retrograde: 19 Feb – 10 May
Jupiter retrograde: 11 Nov 1776 – 10 Mar; 12 Dec – 12 Apr 1778
Saturn retrograde: 10 Feb – 29 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 15 Sept 1776 – 13 Feb; 20 Sept – 17 Feb 1778
Neptune retrograde: 28 Dec 1776 – 4 Jun; 31 Dec – 7 Jun 1778
Pluto retrograde: 30 Apr – 10 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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