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.
- Pluto163 days♊︎ Gemini 22°46′♊︎ Gemini 20°42′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 15°17′♋︎ Cancer 12°28′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 6°13′♋︎ Cancer 29°16′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 3°29′♑︎ Capricorn 17°35′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 28°29′♉︎ Taurus 19°48′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 3°01′♒︎ Aquarius 29°06′
- Jupiter118 days♓︎ Pisces 28°24′♓︎ Pisces 18°29′
- Venus42 days♍︎ Virgo 27°19′♍︎ Virgo 11°18′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 2°04′♍︎ Virgo 17°14′
- Pluto163 days♊︎ Gemini 23°50′♊︎ Gemini 21°46′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 17°30′♋︎ Cancer 14°42′
- Saturn135 days♌︎ Leo 19°57′♌︎ Leo 13°02′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°28′♑︎ Capricorn 1°17′
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: 29 Dec 1416 – 19 Jan; 25 Apr – 19 May; 25 Aug – 16 Sept; 13 Dec – 3 Jan 1418
Venus retrograde: 13 Aug – 25 Sept
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Jul – 5 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 8 Nov 1416 – 22 Mar; 22 Nov – 6 Apr 1418
Uranus retrograde: 29 May – 30 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 9 Oct 1416 – 15 Mar; 12 Oct – 17 Mar 1418
Pluto retrograde: 14 Sept 1416 – 24 Feb; 15 Sept – 25 Feb 1418
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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