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.
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 25°17′♊︎ Gemini 21°13′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 25°54′♌︎ Leo 15°53′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 1°26′♑︎ Capricorn 15°27′
- Pluto163 days♑︎ Capricorn 26°18′♑︎ Capricorn 23°50′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 25°36′♉︎ Taurus 16°46′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 21°30′♓︎ Pisces 18°41′
- Mars60 days♒︎ Aquarius 11°24′♒︎ Aquarius 1°16′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 26°12′♌︎ Leo 9°51′
- Mercury22 days♍︎ Virgo 29°52′♍︎ Virgo 15°12′
- Saturn134 days♉︎ Taurus 28°38′♉︎ Taurus 21°41′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 29°45′♊︎ Gemini 25°40′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 15°27′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°14′
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: 26 Dec 1528 – 16 Jan; 21 Apr – 15 May; 22 Aug – 13 Sept; 10 Dec – 31 Dec
Venus retrograde: 11 Jul – 23 Aug
Mars retrograde: 20 Jun – 19 Aug
Jupiter retrograde: 2 Dec 1528 – 2 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 1 Sept – 13 Jan 1530
Uranus retrograde: 21 Sept 1528 – 17 Feb; 26 Sept – 22 Feb 1530
Neptune retrograde: 14 Jun – 20 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 17 Apr – 27 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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