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 6°24′♉︎ Taurus 3°35′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 3°22′♍︎ Virgo 29°13′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 1°37′♈︎ Aries 21°20′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 12°57′♉︎ Taurus 26°25′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 10°07′♒︎ Aquarius 3°28′
- Pluto164 days♒︎ Aquarius 28°04′♒︎ Aquarius 25°48′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 8°11′♌︎ Leo 24°43′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 8°39′♉︎ Taurus 5°50′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 0°46′♊︎ Gemini 20°42′
- Mars78 days♋︎ Cancer 18°14′♊︎ Gemini 29°20′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 25°29′♐︎ Sagittarius 9°12′
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: 28 Mar – 21 Apr; 31 Jul – 23 Aug; 20 Nov – 10 Dec
Venus retrograde: 25 Apr – 7 Jun
Mars retrograde: 10 Nov – 27 Jan 1551
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Oct – 5 Feb 1551
Saturn retrograde: 10 May – 28 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 28 Dec 1549 – 28 May
Neptune retrograde: 30 Jul 1549 – 4 Jan; 2 Aug – 6 Jan 1551
Pluto retrograde: 19 May – 30 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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