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 10°54′♉︎ Taurus 8°05′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 3°34′♋︎ Cancer 23°31′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°33′♑︎ Capricorn 2°10′
- Uranus151 days♎︎ Libra 12°51′♎︎ Libra 8°43′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 26°08′♓︎ Pisces 12°51′
- Pluto164 days♓︎ Pisces 0°43′♒︎ Aquarius 28°29′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 3°51′♒︎ Aquarius 27°08′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 1°21′♋︎ Cancer 20°32′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 13°09′♉︎ Taurus 10°20′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 23°49′♏︎ Scorpio 7°44′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 4°41′♌︎ Leo 24°41′
- Mars81 days♌︎ Leo 23°28′♌︎ Leo 3°58′
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: 21 Feb – 15 Mar; 24 Jun – 18 Jul; 17 Oct – 6 Nov
Venus retrograde: 1 Dec 1551 – 11 Jan
Mars retrograde: 14 Dec – 5 Mar 1553
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Nov 1551 – 10 Mar; 10 Dec – 11 Apr 1553
Saturn retrograde: 4 Jun – 21 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 7 Jan – 6 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 5 Aug 1551 – 9 Jan; 6 Aug – 10 Jan 1553
Pluto retrograde: 21 May – 2 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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