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.
- Jupiter120 days♋︎ Cancer 29°02′♋︎ Cancer 18°58′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 15°45′♌︎ Leo 11°37′
- Saturn138 days♎︎ Libra 14°52′♎︎ Libra 8°07′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 6°36′♒︎ Aquarius 21°59′
- Mars80 days♎︎ Libra 9°58′♍︎ Virgo 21°08′
- Pluto164 days♒︎ Aquarius 13°53′♒︎ Aquarius 11°32′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 8°37′♊︎ Gemini 29°17′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 16°10′♈︎ Aries 13°21′
- Venus42 days♏︎ Scorpio 4°16′♎︎ Libra 18°41′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 5°17′♎︎ Libra 19°30′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 20°29′♌︎ Leo 16°21′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 0°18′♌︎ Leo 20°18′
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: 1 Feb – 23 Feb; 2 Jun – 26 Jun; 28 Sept – 19 Oct
Venus retrograde: 19 Sept – 30 Oct
Mars retrograde: 2 Feb – 22 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 6 Nov 1539 – 5 Mar; 6 Dec – 6 Apr 1541
Saturn retrograde: 14 Jan – 31 May
Uranus retrograde: 12 Nov 1539 – 9 Apr; 16 Nov – 14 Apr 1541
Neptune retrograde: 9 Jul – 14 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 5 May – 15 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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