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♌︎ Leo 1°40′♋︎ Cancer 27°32′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 6°34′♌︎ Leo 29°41′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 28°40′♈︎ Aries 18°10′
- Pluto163 days♒︎ Aquarius 9°19′♒︎ Aquarius 6°57′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 9°25′♈︎ Aries 6°36′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 24°00′♌︎ Leo 7°39′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 5°21′♌︎ Leo 22°03′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 20°57′♉︎ Taurus 10°56′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 6°20′♌︎ Leo 2°12′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 22°56′♐︎ Sagittarius 6°38′
- Saturn137 days♍︎ Virgo 19°39′♍︎ Virgo 12°49′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 6°11′♌︎ Leo 16°42′
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 Mar – 18 Apr; 28 Jul – 20 Aug; 17 Nov – 7 Dec
Venus retrograde: 8 Jul – 20 Aug
Mars retrograde: 27 Dec – 18 Mar 1538
Jupiter retrograde: 31 Aug – 26 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 7 Dec 1536 – 22 Apr; 20 Dec – 5 May 1538
Uranus retrograde: 28 Oct 1536 – 26 Mar; 2 Nov – 31 Mar 1538
Neptune retrograde: 3 Jul – 8 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 30 Apr – 10 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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