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.
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 6°14′♉︎ Taurus 26°11′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 0°17′♊︎ Gemini 27°29′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 18°36′♒︎ Aquarius 3°06′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 8°40′♐︎ Sagittarius 2°02′
- Mars74 days♏︎ Scorpio 29°24′♏︎ Scorpio 13°27′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°40′♑︎ Capricorn 16°42′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 6°28′♉︎ Taurus 19°57′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 16°32′♊︎ Gemini 7°58′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 27°15′♓︎ Pisces 25°09′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 17°31′♎︎ Libra 2°12′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 2°32′♊︎ Gemini 29°43′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 10°33′♋︎ Cancer 0°28′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 2°28′♑︎ Capricorn 16°30′
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: 13 Jan – 3 Feb; 12 May – 5 Jun; 9 Sept – 1 Oct; 28 Dec – 17 Jan 1575
Venus retrograde: 18 Apr – 31 May
Mars retrograde: 29 Mar – 11 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 15 Sept 1573 – 10 Jan; 18 Oct – 14 Feb 1575
Saturn retrograde: 8 Mar – 27 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 15 Apr – 16 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 23 Sept 1573 – 26 Feb; 26 Sept – 1 Mar 1575
Pluto retrograde: 17 Jun – 29 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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