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 25°14′♌︎ Leo 21°06′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 4°01′♑︎ Capricorn 18°06′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 0°30′♍︎ Virgo 20°33′
- Saturn140 days♏︎ Scorpio 8°53′♏︎ Scorpio 2°12′
- Mars75 days♏︎ Scorpio 18°55′♏︎ Scorpio 2°10′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 28°43′♉︎ Taurus 19°59′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 15°06′♉︎ Taurus 28°34′
- Pluto164 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°50′♒︎ Aquarius 14°30′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 20°39′♈︎ Aries 17°50′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 2°34′♍︎ Virgo 17°47′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 0°00′♌︎ Leo 25°51′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 18°02′♑︎ Capricorn 1°50′
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: 29 Dec 1541 – 19 Jan; 24 Apr – 18 May; 25 Aug – 16 Sept; 13 Dec – 2 Jan 1543
Venus retrograde: 27 Apr – 9 Jun
Mars retrograde: 17 Mar – 1 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Jan – 8 May
Saturn retrograde: 6 Feb – 26 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 21 Nov 1541 – 19 Apr; 26 Nov – 24 Apr 1543
Neptune retrograde: 15 Jul – 19 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 8 May – 19 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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