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 15°18′♊︎ Gemini 11°16′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 26°53′♌︎ Leo 16°51′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 29°17′♍︎ Virgo 26°30′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 18°37′♒︎ Aquarius 3°00′
- Saturn140 days♏︎ Scorpio 15°18′♏︎ Scorpio 8°37′
- Pluto163 days♒︎ Aquarius 1°51′♑︎ Capricorn 29°24′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 15°50′♊︎ Gemini 7°17′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 17°31′♎︎ Libra 2°18′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 19°40′♊︎ Gemini 15°36′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 24°30′♑︎ Capricorn 9°05′
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: 22 Jan – 13 Feb; 21 May – 14 Jun; 19 Sept – 10 Oct
Venus retrograde: 17 Dec – 27 Jan 1779
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 12 Dec 1777 – 12 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 22 Feb – 12 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 20 Sept 1777 – 17 Feb; 25 Sept – 22 Feb 1779
Neptune retrograde: 31 Dec 1777 – 7 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 2 May – 12 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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