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♊︎ Gemini 3°24′♊︎ Gemini 0°35′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 1°07′♉︎ Taurus 21°04′
- Saturn133 days♋︎ Cancer 5°11′♊︎ Gemini 28°13′
- Mercury21 days♑︎ Capricorn 29°53′♑︎ Capricorn 13°52′
- Uranus153 days♏︎ Scorpio 29°02′♏︎ Scorpio 24°59′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 23°37′♉︎ Taurus 14°42′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 13°22′♓︎ Pisces 11°12′
- Mercury22 days♍︎ Virgo 28°13′♍︎ Virgo 13°39′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 5°39′♊︎ Gemini 2°50′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 5°39′♊︎ Gemini 25°35′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 19°24′♋︎ Cancer 12°27′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°55′♐︎ Sagittarius 27°41′
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: 25 Dec 1561 – 14 Jan; 19 Apr – 13 May; 20 Aug – 12 Sept; 9 Dec – 29 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Sept 1561 – 5 Jan; 14 Oct – 10 Feb 1563
Saturn retrograde: 7 Oct 1561 – 18 Feb; 22 Oct – 4 Mar 1563
Uranus retrograde: 22 Feb – 25 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 27 Aug 1561 – 30 Jan; 29 Aug – 2 Feb 1563
Pluto retrograde: 3 Jun – 15 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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