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 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′
- Saturn142 days♑︎ Capricorn 1°12′♐︎ Sagittarius 24°36′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 7°34′♈︎ Aries 27°42′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 28°53′♑︎ Capricorn 24°56′
- Mars62 days♑︎ Capricorn 28°50′♑︎ Capricorn 18°06′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 29°28′♓︎ Pisces 27°22′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 13°49′♍︎ Virgo 0°02′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 7°00′♋︎ Cancer 4°12′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 0°36′♐︎ Sagittarius 14°18′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 13°34′♍︎ Virgo 3°35′
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: 12 Dec 1575 – 1 Jan; 2 Apr – 26 Apr; 5 Aug – 28 Aug; 25 Nov – 14 Dec
Venus retrograde: 24 Nov 1575 – 4 Jan
Mars retrograde: 6 Jun – 7 Aug
Jupiter retrograde: 19 Nov 1575 – 19 Mar; 19 Dec – 20 Apr 1577
Saturn retrograde: 30 Mar – 19 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 23 Apr – 24 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 28 Sept 1575 – 3 Mar; 30 Sept – 5 Mar 1577
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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