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 19°40′♊︎ Gemini 15°36′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 24°30′♑︎ Capricorn 9°05′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 1°29′♍︎ Virgo 28°42′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 2°31′♑︎ Capricorn 16°28′
- Jupiter123 days♍︎ Virgo 27°13′♍︎ Virgo 17°15′
- Saturn140 days♏︎ Scorpio 26°58′♏︎ Scorpio 20°19′
- Mars74 days♏︎ Scorpio 28°47′♏︎ Scorpio 12°27′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 26°07′♉︎ Taurus 17°09′
- Pluto163 days♒︎ Aquarius 3°31′♒︎ Aquarius 1°05′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 0°51′♍︎ Virgo 16°19′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 24°03′♊︎ Gemini 19°59′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°34′♑︎ Capricorn 0°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: 6 Jan – 27 Jan; 1 May – 25 May; 2 Sept – 24 Sept; 21 Dec – 10 Jan 1780
Venus retrograde: 17 Dec 1778 – 27 Jan
Mars retrograde: 7 Apr – 20 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 11 Jan – 14 May
Saturn retrograde: 6 Mar – 24 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 25 Sept 1778 – 22 Feb; 29 Sept – 26 Feb 1780
Neptune retrograde: 2 Jan – 9 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 4 May – 14 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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