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 27°01′♋︎ Cancer 22°54′
- Mars79 days♌︎ Leo 2°18′♋︎ Cancer 13°03′
- Saturn135 days♌︎ Leo 23°09′♌︎ Leo 16°14′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 22°32′♑︎ Capricorn 7°05′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 24°42′♑︎ Capricorn 8°36′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 17°27′♉︎ Taurus 8°15′
- Pluto163 days♒︎ Aquarius 7°45′♒︎ Aquarius 5°23′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 7°10′♈︎ Aries 4°22′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 14°24′♈︎ Aries 4°27′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 22°45′♍︎ Virgo 8°26′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 1°40′♋︎ Cancer 27°32′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°46′♐︎ Sagittarius 22°30′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 6°34′♌︎ Leo 29°41′
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: 20 Dec 1535 – 10 Jan; 13 Apr – 7 May; 14 Aug – 6 Sept; 3 Dec – 23 Dec
Venus retrograde: 6 Dec 1535 – 16 Jan
Mars retrograde: 24 Nov 1535 – 11 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Jul – 19 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 24 Nov 1535 – 7 Apr; 7 Dec – 22 Apr 1537
Uranus retrograde: 24 Oct 1535 – 21 Mar; 28 Oct – 26 Mar 1537
Neptune retrograde: 30 Jun – 5 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 28 Apr – 9 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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