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♋︎ Cancer 18°09′♋︎ Cancer 15°20′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 25°45′♑︎ Capricorn 9°39′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 18°35′♉︎ Taurus 9°24′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 4°19′♉︎ Taurus 17°49′
- Uranus164 days♒︎ Aquarius 23°09′♒︎ Aquarius 19°14′
- Jupiter120 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°06′♒︎ Aquarius 12°14′
- Saturn149 days♓︎ Pisces 10°52′♓︎ Pisces 4°09′
- Pluto175 days♈︎ Aries 5°56′♈︎ Aries 3°53′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 23°50′♍︎ Virgo 9°30′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 20°22′♋︎ Cancer 17°33′
- Mars79 days♋︎ Cancer 26°53′♋︎ Cancer 7°45′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 9°49′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°34′
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: 21 Dec 1581 – 10 Jan; 14 Apr – 8 May; 16 Aug – 7 Sept; 14 Dec – 3 Jan 1583
Venus retrograde: 16 Apr – 29 May
Mars retrograde: 28 Nov – 15 Feb 1583
Jupiter retrograde: 31 May – 28 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 11 Jun – 7 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 18 May – 29 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 11 Oct 1581 – 16 Mar; 23 Oct – 29 Mar 1583
Pluto retrograde: 26 Jun – 18 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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