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 12°24′♊︎ Gemini 9°34′
- Mars76 days♋︎ Cancer 3°02′♊︎ Gemini 14°42′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 0°53′♌︎ Leo 24°00′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 9°10′♍︎ Virgo 29°14′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 11°58′♒︎ Aquarius 27°40′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 16°42′♐︎ Sagittarius 12°41′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 8°38′♉︎ Taurus 22°07′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 18°07′♓︎ Pisces 15°59′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 14°57′♋︎ Cancer 5°16′
- Neptune156 days♊︎ Gemini 14°38′♊︎ Gemini 11°49′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 10°28′♎︎ Libra 24°35′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 14°09′♍︎ Virgo 7°18′
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: 6 Feb – 28 Feb; 9 Jun – 3 Jul; 4 Oct – 24 Oct
Venus retrograde: 20 Apr – 2 Jun
Mars retrograde: 26 Oct 1565 – 11 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 13 Jan – 17 May
Saturn retrograde: 1 Dec 1565 – 16 Apr; 15 Dec – 30 Apr 1567
Uranus retrograde: 12 Mar – 12 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 5 Sept 1565 – 9 Feb; 8 Sept – 11 Feb 1567
Pluto retrograde: 8 Jun – 20 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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