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 24°03′♊︎ Gemini 19°59′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°34′♑︎ Capricorn 0°19′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 3°40′♎︎ Libra 0°53′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 27°06′♎︎ Libra 17°12′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 8°29′♐︎ Sagittarius 1°51′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 7°06′♈︎ Aries 26°59′
- Pluto163 days♒︎ Aquarius 5°10′♒︎ Aquarius 2°45′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 26°17′♌︎ Leo 9°55′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 13°37′♍︎ Virgo 0°02′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 28°28′♊︎ Gemini 24°23′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 0°42′♐︎ Sagittarius 14°24′
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: 21 Dec 1779 – 10 Jan; 11 Apr – 5 May; 14 Aug – 6 Sept; 4 Dec – 24 Dec
Venus retrograde: 19 Jul – 31 Aug
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Feb – 13 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 17 Mar – 5 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 29 Sept 1779 – 26 Feb; 3 Oct – 2 Mar 1781
Neptune retrograde: 5 Jan – 11 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 5 May – 15 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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