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.
- Jupiter120 days♋︎ Cancer 19°44′♋︎ Cancer 9°40′
- Mercury21 days♑︎ Capricorn 28°50′♑︎ Capricorn 12°48′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 18°22′♐︎ Sagittarius 11°45′
- Pluto160 days♑︎ Capricorn 1°54′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°17′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 22°29′♉︎ Taurus 13°33′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°30′♒︎ Aquarius 19°42′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 4°11′♉︎ Taurus 0°13′
- Mercury22 days♍︎ Virgo 27°09′♍︎ Virgo 12°36′
- Mars71 days♉︎ Taurus 22°40′♉︎ Taurus 6°50′
- Venus41 days♏︎ Scorpio 11°26′♎︎ Libra 25°56′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 21°28′♌︎ Leo 11°26′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°52′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°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: 25 Dec 1515 – 14 Jan; 18 Apr – 12 May; 19 Aug – 11 Sept; 8 Dec – 28 Dec
Venus retrograde: 26 Sept – 7 Nov
Mars retrograde: 20 Sept – 30 Nov
Jupiter retrograde: 28 Oct 1515 – 25 Feb; 27 Nov – 28 Mar 1517
Saturn retrograde: 18 Mar – 6 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 30 Jul – 29 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 15 May – 22 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 24 Mar – 1 Sept
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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