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 20°22′♋︎ Cancer 17°33′
- Mars79 days♋︎ Cancer 26°53′♋︎ Cancer 7°45′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 9°49′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°34′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 29°46′♈︎ Aries 19°18′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 27°10′♒︎ Aquarius 23°15′
- Saturn138 days♓︎ Pisces 23°17′♓︎ Pisces 16°32′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 7°00′♈︎ Aries 4°56′
- Jupiter118 days♓︎ Pisces 28°33′♓︎ Pisces 18°38′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 6°27′♌︎ Leo 23°07′
- Neptune157 days♋︎ Cancer 22°35′♋︎ Cancer 19°46′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 23°59′♐︎ Sagittarius 7°41′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 7°35′♐︎ Sagittarius 22°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: 14 Dec 1582 – 3 Jan; 5 Apr – 29 Apr; 8 Aug – 1 Sept; 28 Nov – 18 Dec
Venus retrograde: 1 Dec – 11 Jan 1584
Mars retrograde: 28 Nov 1582 – 15 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 19 Jul – 14 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 5 Jul – 20 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 1 Jun – 2 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 23 Oct 1582 – 29 Mar; 26 Oct – 30 Mar 1584
Pluto retrograde: 7 Jul – 19 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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