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 19°06′♊︎ Gemini 16°17′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 23°10′♑︎ Capricorn 7°02′
- Saturn138 days♎︎ Libra 9°41′♎︎ Libra 2°55′
- Uranus154 days♐︎ Sagittarius 29°39′♐︎ Sagittarius 25°40′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 15°31′♉︎ Taurus 6°11′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°26′♑︎ Capricorn 2°36′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 21°36′♓︎ Pisces 19°28′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 15°19′♋︎ Cancer 28°55′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 21°04′♍︎ Virgo 6°52′
- Neptune156 days♊︎ Gemini 21°21′♊︎ Gemini 18°31′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 7°15′♐︎ Sagittarius 20°58′
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: 18 Dec 1568 – 7 Jan; 11 Apr – 5 May; 13 Aug – 4 Sept; 2 Dec – 22 Dec
Venus retrograde: 29 Jun – 11 Aug
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 19 Apr – 19 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 8 Jan – 26 May
Uranus retrograde: 24 Mar – 25 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 12 Sept 1568 – 15 Feb; 14 Sept – 17 Feb 1570
Pluto retrograde: 11 Jun – 23 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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