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.
- Mars73 days♊︎ Gemini 15°20′♉︎ Taurus 28°13′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 20°59′♋︎ Cancer 16°53′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 25°49′♑︎ Capricorn 9°40′
- Neptune159 days♎︎ Libra 16°46′♎︎ Libra 13°59′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 18°02′♉︎ Taurus 8°39′
- Pluto163 days♒︎ Aquarius 14°41′♒︎ Aquarius 12°20′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 17°01′♒︎ Aquarius 10°22′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 23°42′♍︎ Virgo 9°32′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 21°17′♉︎ Taurus 11°15′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 25°35′♋︎ Cancer 21°28′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 9°54′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°37′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 22°01′♑︎ Capricorn 6°38′
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: 30 Dec 1785 – 19 Jan; 23 Apr – 17 May; 25 Aug – 17 Sept; 14 Dec – 3 Jan 1787
Venus retrograde: 15 Dec – 24 Jan 1787
Mars retrograde: 20 Oct 1785 – 1 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Sept – 5 Jan 1787
Saturn retrograde: 27 May – 14 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 26 Oct 1785 – 24 Mar; 31 Oct – 29 Mar 1787
Neptune retrograde: 17 Jan – 25 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 15 May – 25 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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