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♋︎ Cancer 21°22′♋︎ Cancer 17°15′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 5°54′♌︎ Leo 3°31′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 15°56′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°44′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 0°14′♍︎ Virgo 27°27′
- Saturn138 days♎︎ Libra 6°35′♍︎ Virgo 29°49′
- Venus43 days♉︎ Taurus 1°26′♈︎ Aries 14°59′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 7°15′♈︎ Aries 27°30′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 1°38′♑︎ Capricorn 21°48′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 13°23′♌︎ Leo 29°30′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 25°58′♋︎ Cancer 21°51′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 7°28′♌︎ Leo 5°04′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 0°03′♐︎ Sagittarius 13°45′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 2°25′♍︎ Virgo 29°38′
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: 12 Dec 1450 – 1 Jan; 4 Apr – 28 Apr; 6 Aug – 29 Aug; 26 Nov – 16 Dec
Venus retrograde: 14 Mar – 26 Apr
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 11 May – 9 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 6 Jan – 24 May
Uranus retrograde: 18 Oct 1450 – 17 Mar; 23 Oct – 20 Mar 1452
Neptune retrograde: 23 Dec 1450 – 30 May; 26 Dec – 1 Jun 1452
Pluto retrograde: 29 Oct 1450 – 7 Apr; 31 Oct – 7 Apr 1452
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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