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.
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 17°49′♋︎ Cancer 13°42′
- Mars75 days♊︎ Gemini 23°06′♊︎ Gemini 5°14′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 25°28′♋︎ Cancer 18°30′
- Mercury22 days♒︎ Aquarius 27°03′♒︎ Aquarius 11°55′
- Pluto163 days♒︎ Aquarius 4°35′♒︎ Aquarius 2°11′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 17°15′♊︎ Gemini 0°43′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 1°59′♑︎ Capricorn 22°08′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 27°02′♊︎ Gemini 18°12′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 2°40′♓︎ Pisces 29°52′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 25°55′♎︎ Libra 10°20′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 22°24′♋︎ Cancer 18°17′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 9°26′♌︎ Leo 2°29′
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 Jan – 12 Feb; 22 May – 16 Jun; 19 Sept – 10 Oct
Venus retrograde: 29 Apr – 12 Jun
Mars retrograde: 17 Oct 1533 – 1 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 11 May – 8 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 28 Oct 1533 – 11 Mar; 11 Nov – 25 Mar 1535
Uranus retrograde: 14 Oct 1533 – 12 Mar; 19 Oct – 17 Mar 1535
Neptune retrograde: 26 Jun – 1 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 26 Apr – 6 Oct
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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