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 19°54′♉︎ Taurus 17°04′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°36′♑︎ Capricorn 4°25′
- Uranus151 days♏︎ Scorpio 1°38′♎︎ Libra 27°32′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 5°36′♏︎ Scorpio 25°45′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 12°28′♉︎ Taurus 2°57′
- Pluto164 days♓︎ Pisces 5°54′♓︎ Pisces 3°41′
- Saturn136 days♈︎ Aries 25°00′♈︎ Aries 18°07′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 18°18′♍︎ Virgo 4°14′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 22°08′♉︎ Taurus 19°19′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 29°31′♎︎ Libra 13°52′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 4°41′♐︎ Sagittarius 18°24′
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: 16 Dec 1555 – 5 Jan; 8 Apr – 1 May; 10 Aug – 2 Sept; 29 Nov – 19 Dec
Venus retrograde: 14 Sept – 26 Oct
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 12 Mar – 13 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 27 Jul – 10 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 26 Jan – 26 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 14 Aug 1555 – 18 Jan; 15 Aug – 19 Jan 1557
Pluto retrograde: 27 May – 7 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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