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.
- Uranus150 days♍︎ Virgo 23°51′♍︎ Virgo 19°42′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 13°23′♑︎ Capricorn 27°43′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°10′♑︎ Capricorn 10°34′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 10°12′♊︎ Gemini 1°39′
- Pluto164 days♒︎ Aquarius 25°20′♒︎ Aquarius 23°04′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 4°08′♉︎ Taurus 1°19′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 19°38′♈︎ Aries 9°40′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 12°14′♍︎ Virgo 27°04′
- Venus42 days♏︎ Scorpio 1°54′♎︎ Libra 16°17′
- Mars72 days♊︎ Gemini 4°47′♉︎ Taurus 18°05′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°18′♑︎ Capricorn 11°14′
- Uranus150 days♍︎ Virgo 28°37′♍︎ Virgo 24°28′
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: 8 Jan – 29 Jan; 5 May – 29 May; 4 Sept – 25 Sept; 22 Dec – 12 Jan 1549
Venus retrograde: 16 Sept – 28 Oct
Mars retrograde: 1 Oct – 12 Dec
Jupiter retrograde: 30 Jul – 25 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 16 Apr – 5 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 19 Dec 1547 – 17 May; 24 Dec – 23 May 1549
Neptune retrograde: 28 Jul – 1 Jan 1549
Pluto retrograde: 16 May – 27 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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