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 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′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 9°10′♈︎ Aries 29°34′
- Mars63 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°00′♑︎ Capricorn 8°51′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 7°00′♓︎ Pisces 3°05′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 15°05′♍︎ Virgo 1°04′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 5°10′♈︎ Aries 25°10′
- Pluto163 days♊︎ Gemini 24°55′♊︎ Gemini 22°51′
- Neptune157 days♋︎ Cancer 19°44′♋︎ Cancer 16°55′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 1°34′♐︎ Sagittarius 15°16′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 3°22′♌︎ Leo 26°30′
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: 13 Dec 1417 – 3 Jan; 6 Apr – 30 Apr; 8 Aug – 31 Aug; 27 Nov – 17 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 29 May – 31 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 16 Aug – 12 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 22 Nov 1417 – 6 Apr; 5 Dec – 20 Apr 1419
Uranus retrograde: 3 Jun – 3 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 12 Oct 1417 – 17 Mar; 14 Oct – 20 Mar 1419
Pluto retrograde: 15 Sept 1417 – 25 Feb; 16 Sept – 26 Feb 1419
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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