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 5°39′♊︎ Gemini 2°50′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 5°39′♊︎ Gemini 25°35′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 19°24′♋︎ Cancer 12°27′
- Venus42 days♓︎ Pisces 29°41′♓︎ Pisces 13°29′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 3°29′♏︎ Scorpio 29°27′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 4°35′♈︎ Aries 24°31′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 14°34′♓︎ Pisces 12°25′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 11°01′♌︎ Leo 27°24′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 7°54′♊︎ Gemini 5°05′
- Mars69 days♉︎ Taurus 13°23′♈︎ Aries 28°24′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 3°28′♋︎ Cancer 26°32′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 8°12′♋︎ Cancer 28°10′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 28°03′♐︎ Sagittarius 11°45′
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: 31 Mar – 24 Apr; 3 Aug – 26 Aug; 23 Nov – 13 Dec
Venus retrograde: 9 Feb – 23 Mar
Mars retrograde: 13 Sept – 21 Nov
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Oct 1562 – 10 Feb; 15 Nov – 14 Mar 1564
Saturn retrograde: 22 Oct 1562 – 4 Mar; 5 Nov – 18 Mar 1564
Uranus retrograde: 27 Feb – 29 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 29 Aug 1562 – 2 Feb; 1 Sept – 5 Feb 1564
Pluto retrograde: 5 Jun – 17 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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