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 16°52′♊︎ Gemini 14°03′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°35′♐︎ Sagittarius 27°14′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 10°29′♋︎ Cancer 21°06′
- Saturn137 days♍︎ Virgo 27°05′♍︎ Virgo 20°16′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 9°13′♑︎ Capricorn 23°25′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 10°00′♐︎ Sagittarius 0°09′
- Uranus154 days♐︎ Sagittarius 25°21′♐︎ Sagittarius 21°22′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 5°00′♉︎ Taurus 26°24′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 20°27′♓︎ Pisces 18°19′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 7°57′♍︎ Virgo 22°58′
- Neptune156 days♊︎ Gemini 19°06′♊︎ Gemini 16°17′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 23°10′♑︎ Capricorn 7°02′
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: 4 Jan – 25 Jan; 30 Apr – 24 May; 30 Aug – 21 Sept; 18 Dec – 7 Jan 1569
Venus retrograde: 26 Nov 1567 – 6 Jan
Mars retrograde: 2 Dec 1567 – 20 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 16 Mar – 17 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 27 Dec 1567 – 12 May
Uranus retrograde: 20 Mar – 20 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 10 Sept 1567 – 14 Feb; 12 Sept – 15 Feb 1569
Pluto retrograde: 10 Jun – 22 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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