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.
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 16°25′♋︎ Cancer 12°19′
- Neptune159 days♎︎ Libra 14°35′♎︎ Libra 11°48′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 11°51′♑︎ Capricorn 26°01′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 17°24′♊︎ Gemini 0°53′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 7°30′♉︎ Taurus 28°53′
- Pluto163 days♒︎ Aquarius 13°09′♒︎ Aquarius 10°47′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 5°23′♑︎ Capricorn 28°46′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 14°36′♈︎ Aries 4°40′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 10°36′♍︎ Virgo 25°38′
- Mars73 days♊︎ Gemini 15°20′♉︎ Taurus 28°13′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 20°59′♋︎ Cancer 16°53′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 25°49′♑︎ Capricorn 9°40′
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: 15 Jan – 5 Feb; 12 May – 5 Jun; 11 Sept – 3 Oct; 30 Dec – 19 Jan 1786
Venus retrograde: 8 May – 20 Jun
Mars retrograde: 20 Oct – 1 Jan 1786
Jupiter retrograde: 3 Aug – 29 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 14 May – 2 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 21 Oct 1784 – 20 Mar; 26 Oct – 24 Mar 1786
Neptune retrograde: 14 Jan – 22 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 13 May – 23 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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