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.
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 16°29′♊︎ Gemini 14°27′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 1°54′♊︎ Gemini 29°05′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 12°46′♍︎ Virgo 2°47′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 24°10′♑︎ Capricorn 8°05′
- Venus43 days♉︎ Taurus 12°28′♈︎ Aries 25°58′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 17°11′♉︎ Taurus 8°03′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 8°59′♒︎ Aquarius 5°02′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 22°17′♍︎ Virgo 7°53′
- Saturn134 days♉︎ Taurus 25°20′♉︎ Taurus 18°23′
- Pluto163 days♊︎ Gemini 17°31′♊︎ Gemini 15°29′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 4°08′♋︎ Cancer 1°20′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°13′♐︎ Sagittarius 21°58′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 8°19′♌︎ Leo 18°52′
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: 21 Dec 1410 – 10 Jan; 14 Apr – 8 May; 16 Aug – 7 Sept; 4 Dec – 24 Dec
Venus retrograde: 26 Mar – 7 May
Mars retrograde: 31 Dec – 21 Mar 1412
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Dec 1410 – 21 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 30 Aug – 11 Jan 1412
Uranus retrograde: 5 May – 6 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 26 Sept 1410 – 2 Mar; 29 Sept – 3 Mar 1412
Pluto retrograde: 8 Sept 1410 – 18 Feb; 9 Sept – 19 Feb 1412
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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