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 28°53′♉︎ Taurus 26°04′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 6°39′♉︎ Taurus 29°41′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 15°04′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°42′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 2°20′♒︎ Aquarius 17°28′
- Uranus152 days♏︎ Scorpio 20°01′♏︎ Scorpio 15°57′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 3°25′♊︎ Gemini 24°21′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 10°55′♓︎ Pisces 8°44′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 24°52′♈︎ Aries 14°54′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 1°08′♉︎ Taurus 28°19′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 20°54′♊︎ Gemini 13°56′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 1°09′♎︎ Libra 15°27′
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: 27 Jan – 18 Feb; 28 May – 21 Jun; 23 Sept – 14 Oct
Venus retrograde: 29 Nov 1559 – 9 Jan
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Aug – 30 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 9 Sept 1559 – 21 Jan; 23 Sept – 3 Feb 1561
Uranus retrograde: 13 Feb – 15 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 23 Aug 1559 – 27 Jan; 24 Aug – 28 Jan 1561
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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