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.
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 10°59′♊︎ Gemini 0°55′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 3°37′♊︎ Gemini 26°39′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 26°15′♑︎ Capricorn 10°11′
- Pluto158 days♐︎ Sagittarius 2°41′♏︎ Scorpio 29°55′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 19°24′♉︎ Taurus 10°20′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 23°46′♑︎ Capricorn 20°59′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 12°01′♓︎ Pisces 8°06′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 24°25′♍︎ Virgo 9°59′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 17°51′♋︎ Cancer 10°53′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 14°54′♋︎ Cancer 4°50′
- Mars79 days♋︎ Cancer 23°55′♋︎ Cancer 4°49′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 10°18′♐︎ Sagittarius 24°03′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 2°27′♑︎ Capricorn 16°55′
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: 22 Dec 1502 – 11 Jan; 16 Apr – 10 May; 17 Aug – 9 Sept; 6 Dec – 26 Dec
Venus retrograde: 16 Dec – 26 Jan 1504
Mars retrograde: 16 Nov – 3 Feb 1504
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Sept 1502 – 16 Jan; 23 Oct – 20 Feb 1504
Saturn retrograde: 6 Oct 1502 – 17 Feb; 21 Oct – 3 Mar 1504
Uranus retrograde: 7 Jun – 8 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 17 Apr – 24 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 24 Feb – 1 Aug
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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