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♍︎ Virgo 0°00′♌︎ Leo 25°51′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 18°02′♑︎ Capricorn 1°50′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 0°29′♎︎ Libra 20°35′
- Saturn140 days♏︎ Scorpio 20°31′♏︎ Scorpio 13°53′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 9°28′♈︎ Aries 29°46′
- Pluto164 days♒︎ Aquarius 18°17′♒︎ Aquarius 15°58′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 22°54′♈︎ Aries 20°05′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 15°32′♍︎ Virgo 1°37′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 2°08′♐︎ Sagittarius 15°50′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 4°46′♍︎ Virgo 0°37′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°04′♑︎ Capricorn 4°39′
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: 13 Dec 1542 – 2 Jan; 5 Apr – 29 Apr; 8 Aug – 31 Aug; 27 Nov – 17 Dec
Venus retrograde: 4 Dec – 14 Jan 1544
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Feb – 8 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 18 Feb – 9 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 26 Nov 1542 – 24 Apr; 1 Dec – 28 Apr 1544
Neptune retrograde: 17 Jul – 22 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 10 May – 20 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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