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.
- Neptune156 days♊︎ Gemini 10°09′♊︎ Gemini 7°20′
- Saturn135 days♌︎ Leo 17°19′♌︎ Leo 10°24′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 9°08′♌︎ Leo 29°09′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 28°53′♓︎ Pisces 15°50′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 12°19′♐︎ Sagittarius 8°18′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 16°57′♓︎ Pisces 14°48′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 4°25′♋︎ Cancer 23°23′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 12°24′♊︎ Gemini 9°34′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 26°24′♏︎ Scorpio 10°17′
- Mars76 days♋︎ Cancer 3°02′♊︎ Gemini 14°42′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 0°53′♌︎ Leo 24°00′
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: 22 Feb – 18 Mar; 27 Jun – 21 Jul; 20 Oct – 9 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 26 Oct – 11 Jan 1566
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Dec 1564 – 15 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 18 Nov 1564 – 1 Apr; 1 Dec – 16 Apr 1566
Uranus retrograde: 7 Mar – 7 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 3 Sept 1564 – 6 Feb; 5 Sept – 9 Feb 1566
Pluto retrograde: 7 Jun – 19 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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