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.
- Jupiter119 days♊︎ Gemini 26°00′♊︎ Gemini 15°56′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 11°02′♌︎ Leo 6°54′
- Saturn137 days♎︎ Libra 2°25′♍︎ Virgo 25°37′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 6°35′♓︎ Pisces 20°19′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 23°23′♓︎ Pisces 9°55′
- Pluto163 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°23′♒︎ Aquarius 10°01′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 28°16′♋︎ Cancer 17°40′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 13°55′♈︎ Aries 11°06′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 21°16′♏︎ Scorpio 5°12′
- Jupiter120 days♋︎ Cancer 29°02′♋︎ Cancer 18°58′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 15°45′♌︎ Leo 11°37′
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: 18 Feb – 12 Mar; 22 Jun – 16 Jul; 15 Oct – 5 Nov
Venus retrograde: 16 Feb – 31 Mar
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Oct 1538 – 31 Jan; 6 Nov – 5 Mar 1540
Saturn retrograde: 2 Jan – 19 May
Uranus retrograde: 7 Nov 1538 – 5 Apr; 12 Nov – 9 Apr 1540
Neptune retrograde: 8 Jul – 13 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 4 May – 14 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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