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♋︎ Cancer 2°32′♊︎ Gemini 29°43′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 10°33′♋︎ Cancer 0°28′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 2°28′♑︎ Capricorn 16°30′
- Saturn142 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°57′♐︎ Sagittarius 13°20′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 24°47′♑︎ Capricorn 20°50′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 26°43′♉︎ Taurus 17°54′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 28°22′♓︎ Pisces 26°16′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 0°56′♍︎ Virgo 16°15′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 4°46′♋︎ Cancer 1°57′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 12°50′♌︎ Leo 2°48′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 10°04′♐︎ Sagittarius 24°45′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°29′♑︎ Capricorn 0°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: 28 Dec 1574 – 17 Jan; 22 Apr – 16 May; 23 Aug – 15 Sept; 12 Dec – 1 Jan 1576
Venus retrograde: 24 Nov – 4 Jan 1576
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 18 Oct 1574 – 14 Feb; 19 Nov – 19 Mar 1576
Saturn retrograde: 20 Mar – 8 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 19 Apr – 21 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 26 Sept 1574 – 1 Mar; 28 Sept – 3 Mar 1576
Pluto retrograde: 19 Jun – 1 Dec
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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