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 14°38′♊︎ Gemini 11°49′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 14°09′♍︎ Virgo 7°18′
- Mercury22 days♒︎ Aquarius 25°28′♒︎ Aquarius 10°15′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 9°10′♎︎ Libra 29°17′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 21°02′♐︎ Sagittarius 17°02′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 24°59′♊︎ Gemini 16°14′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 19°17′♓︎ Pisces 17°09′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 16°52′♊︎ Gemini 14°03′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 24°22′♎︎ Libra 8°50′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°35′♐︎ Sagittarius 27°14′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 10°29′♋︎ Cancer 21°06′
- Saturn137 days♍︎ Virgo 27°05′♍︎ Virgo 20°16′
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: 20 Jan – 11 Feb; 20 May – 14 Jun; 17 Sept – 8 Oct
Venus retrograde: 26 Nov – 6 Jan 1568
Mars retrograde: 2 Dec – 20 Feb 1568
Jupiter retrograde: 13 Feb – 17 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 15 Dec 1566 – 30 Apr; 27 Dec – 12 May 1568
Uranus retrograde: 16 Mar – 17 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 8 Sept 1566 – 11 Feb; 10 Sept – 14 Feb 1568
Pluto retrograde: 10 Jun – 21 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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