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 8°39′♉︎ Taurus 5°50′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 0°46′♊︎ Gemini 20°42′
- Mars78 days♋︎ Cancer 18°14′♊︎ Gemini 29°20′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 8°07′♎︎ Libra 3°59′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 13°31′♈︎ Aries 1°42′
- Pluto164 days♒︎ Aquarius 29°24′♒︎ Aquarius 27°09′
- Saturn140 days♒︎ Aquarius 21°52′♒︎ Aquarius 15°10′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 20°10′♌︎ Leo 7°57′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 10°54′♉︎ Taurus 8°05′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 9°40′♏︎ Scorpio 23°26′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 3°34′♋︎ Cancer 23°31′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°33′♑︎ Capricorn 2°10′
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: 10 Mar – 2 Apr; 13 Jul – 6 Aug; 4 Nov – 23 Nov
Venus retrograde: 1 Dec – 11 Jan 1552
Mars retrograde: 10 Nov 1550 – 27 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Oct 1550 – 5 Feb; 10 Nov – 10 Mar 1552
Saturn retrograde: 23 May – 10 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 2 Jan – 2 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 2 Aug 1550 – 6 Jan; 5 Aug – 9 Jan 1552
Pluto retrograde: 21 May – 1 Nov
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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