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.
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 5°25′♊︎ Gemini 25°21′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 9°51′♑︎ Capricorn 24°12′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 3°52′♎︎ Libra 1°05′
- Saturn137 days♎︎ Libra 0°52′♍︎ Virgo 24°04′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 19°36′♓︎ Pisces 5°54′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 3°24′♐︎ Sagittarius 0°38′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 6°49′♐︎ Sagittarius 2°47′
- Mars70 days♐︎ Sagittarius 15°30′♐︎ Sagittarius 1°11′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 24°04′♋︎ Cancer 13°42′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 17°38′♏︎ Scorpio 1°37′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 7°51′♋︎ Cancer 27°49′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 6°21′♎︎ Libra 3°34′
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: 14 Feb – 8 Mar; 17 Jun – 12 Jul; 11 Oct – 1 Nov
Venus retrograde: 23 Dec 1479 – 2 Feb
Mars retrograde: 17 Apr – 27 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Oct 1479 – 10 Feb; 14 Nov – 15 Mar 1481
Saturn retrograde: 1 Jan – 17 May
Uranus retrograde: 2 Mar – 2 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 25 Feb – 3 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 28 Dec 1479 – 1 Jun; 30 Dec – 4 Jun 1481
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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