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♊︎ Gemini 26°33′♊︎ Gemini 16°29′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 0°13′♋︎ Cancer 26°06′
- Mars79 days♋︎ Cancer 27°16′♋︎ Cancer 8°13′
- Neptune159 days♎︎ Libra 21°07′♎︎ Libra 18°20′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 11°31′♓︎ Pisces 29°14′
- Pluto164 days♒︎ Aquarius 17°42′♒︎ Aquarius 15°22′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 10°55′♓︎ Pisces 4°11′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 24°08′♌︎ Leo 7°45′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 17°55′♌︎ Leo 6°08′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 4°53′♌︎ Leo 0°45′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 8°16′♏︎ Scorpio 22°04′
- Jupiter120 days♋︎ Cancer 29°49′♋︎ Cancer 19°45′
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: 16 Mar – 9 Apr; 19 Jul – 12 Aug; 10 Nov – 30 Nov
Venus retrograde: 17 Jul – 29 Aug
Mars retrograde: 28 Nov 1787 – 15 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Oct 1787 – 10 Feb; 15 Nov – 15 Mar 1789
Saturn retrograde: 20 Jun – 6 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 5 Nov 1787 – 2 Apr; 9 Nov – 7 Apr 1789
Neptune retrograde: 22 Jan – 29 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 17 May – 28 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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