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 26°38′♉︎ Taurus 23°49′
- Saturn134 days♉︎ Taurus 22°31′♉︎ Taurus 15°35′
- Uranus152 days♏︎ Scorpio 15°28′♏︎ Scorpio 11°23′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 19°01′♓︎ Pisces 5°12′
- Mars70 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°15′♐︎ Sagittarius 5°08′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 9°41′♓︎ Pisces 7°30′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 23°12′♋︎ Cancer 12°59′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 18°03′♓︎ Pisces 8°09′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 28°53′♉︎ Taurus 26°04′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 6°39′♉︎ Taurus 29°41′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 17°10′♏︎ Scorpio 1°10′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 15°04′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°42′
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: 13 Feb – 8 Mar; 17 Jun – 11 Jul; 11 Oct – 31 Oct
Venus retrograde: 29 Nov – 9 Jan 1560
Mars retrograde: 22 Apr – 1 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 28 Jun – 25 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 25 Aug 1558 – 7 Jan; 9 Sept – 21 Jan 1560
Uranus retrograde: 9 Feb – 11 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 20 Aug 1558 – 24 Jan; 23 Aug – 27 Jan 1560
Pluto retrograde: 31 May – 12 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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