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 7°54′♊︎ Gemini 5°05′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 3°28′♋︎ Cancer 26°32′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 8°12′♋︎ Cancer 28°10′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 7°55′♐︎ Sagittarius 3°53′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 16°22′♈︎ Aries 4°47′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 15°46′♓︎ Pisces 13°37′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 23°07′♌︎ Leo 10°42′
- Neptune156 days♊︎ Gemini 10°09′♊︎ Gemini 7°20′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 27°11′♎︎ Libra 11°30′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 12°14′♏︎ Scorpio 25°59′
- Saturn135 days♌︎ Leo 17°19′♌︎ Leo 10°24′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 9°08′♌︎ Leo 29°09′
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: 12 Mar – 5 Apr; 15 Jul – 8 Aug; 6 Nov – 25 Nov
Venus retrograde: 11 Sept – 23 Oct
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 15 Nov 1563 – 14 Mar; 14 Dec – 15 Apr 1565
Saturn retrograde: 5 Nov 1563 – 18 Mar; 18 Nov – 1 Apr 1565
Uranus retrograde: 2 Mar – 2 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 1 Sept 1563 – 5 Feb; 3 Sept – 6 Feb 1565
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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