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♌︎ Leo 4°53′♌︎ Leo 0°45′
- Jupiter120 days♋︎ Cancer 29°49′♋︎ Cancer 19°45′
- Neptune159 days♎︎ Libra 23°18′♎︎ Libra 20°31′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 24°19′♓︎ Pisces 10°38′
- Pluto164 days♒︎ Aquarius 19°11′♒︎ Aquarius 16°51′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 28°50′♋︎ Cancer 18°28′
- Saturn138 days♓︎ Pisces 23°15′♓︎ Pisces 16°29′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 22°24′♏︎ Scorpio 6°23′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 9°33′♌︎ Leo 5°26′
- Jupiter121 days♍︎ Virgo 1°15′♌︎ Leo 21°14′
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: 27 Feb – 22 Mar; 1 Jul – 25 Jul; 25 Oct – 14 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 15 Nov 1788 – 15 Mar; 16 Dec – 17 Apr 1790
Saturn retrograde: 3 Jul – 19 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 9 Nov 1788 – 7 Apr; 14 Nov – 12 Apr 1790
Neptune retrograde: 23 Jan – 1 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 19 May – 30 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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