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.
- 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′
- Neptune159 days♎︎ Libra 18°57′♎︎ Libra 16°10′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 29°22′♈︎ Aries 18°38′
- Pluto163 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°12′♒︎ Aquarius 13°52′
- Saturn140 days♒︎ Aquarius 28°51′♒︎ Aquarius 22°09′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 6°11′♌︎ Leo 23°06′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 26°33′♊︎ Gemini 16°29′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 0°13′♋︎ Cancer 26°06′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 24°04′♐︎ Sagittarius 7°47′
- Mars79 days♋︎ Cancer 27°16′♋︎ Cancer 8°13′
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: 14 Dec 1786 – 3 Jan; 4 Apr – 28 Apr; 7 Aug – 31 Aug; 28 Nov – 18 Dec
Venus retrograde: 15 Dec 1786 – 24 Jan
Mars retrograde: 28 Nov – 15 Feb 1788
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Sept 1786 – 5 Jan; 14 Oct – 10 Feb 1788
Saturn retrograde: 8 Jun – 26 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 31 Oct 1786 – 29 Mar; 5 Nov – 2 Apr 1788
Neptune retrograde: 19 Jan – 27 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 17 May – 27 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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