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.
- Pluto157 days♍︎ Virgo 10°46′♍︎ Virgo 8°07′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 4°22′♌︎ Leo 24°22′
- Mercury21 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°48′♑︎ Capricorn 11°46′
- Uranus151 days♎︎ Libra 21°09′♎︎ Libra 17°03′
- Neptune160 days♏︎ Scorpio 11°38′♏︎ Scorpio 8°51′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 21°23′♉︎ Taurus 12°25′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 4°23′♊︎ Gemini 17°52′
- Mercury22 days♍︎ Virgo 26°05′♍︎ Virgo 11°33′
- Saturn134 days♉︎ Taurus 27°02′♉︎ Taurus 20°05′
- Pluto157 days♍︎ Virgo 12°56′♍︎ Virgo 10°16′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 11°50′♐︎ Sagittarius 25°36′
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: 24 Dec 1469 – 13 Jan; 18 Apr – 12 May; 19 Aug – 10 Sept; 7 Dec – 27 Dec
Venus retrograde: 18 May – 30 Jun
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 11 Dec 1469 – 11 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 31 Aug – 12 Jan 1471
Uranus retrograde: 16 Jan – 16 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 2 Feb – 12 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 4 Dec 1469 – 10 May; 6 Dec – 12 May 1471
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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