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.
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 4°08′♉︎ Taurus 1°19′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°18′♑︎ Capricorn 11°14′
- Uranus150 days♍︎ Virgo 28°37′♍︎ Virgo 24°28′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 20°32′♉︎ Taurus 11°29′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 28°34′♑︎ Capricorn 21°57′
- Pluto164 days♒︎ Aquarius 26°42′♒︎ Aquarius 24°27′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 6°24′♉︎ Taurus 3°35′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 25°30′♍︎ Virgo 11°03′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 26°00′♉︎ Taurus 15°58′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 11°21′♐︎ Sagittarius 25°06′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 3°22′♍︎ Virgo 29°13′
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: 22 Dec 1548 – 12 Jan; 16 Apr – 10 May; 17 Aug – 9 Sept; 6 Dec – 26 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Sept – 31 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 28 Apr – 16 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 24 Dec 1548 – 23 May; 28 Dec – 28 May 1550
Neptune retrograde: 28 Jul 1548 – 1 Jan; 30 Jul – 4 Jan 1550
Pluto retrograde: 18 May – 29 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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