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 29°15′♋︎ Cancer 26°26′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 15°20′♋︎ Cancer 5°16′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 21°14′♒︎ Aquarius 5°50′
- Mars80 days♎︎ Libra 4°43′♍︎ Virgo 15°42′
- Venus42 days♓︎ Pisces 22°41′♓︎ Pisces 6°33′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 19°44′♊︎ Gemini 11°07′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 13°05′♓︎ Pisces 9°10′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 11°11′♈︎ Aries 9°08′
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 16°17′♉︎ Taurus 9°22′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 20°10′♎︎ Libra 4°46′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 1°28′♋︎ Cancer 28°40′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 17°20′♌︎ Leo 7°18′
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: 26 Jan – 16 Feb; 25 May – 18 Jun; 22 Sept – 14 Oct
Venus retrograde: 12 Feb – 26 Mar
Mars retrograde: 5 Feb – 27 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 2 Nov 1586 – 1 Mar; 3 Dec – 2 Apr 1588
Saturn retrograde: 29 Aug – 11 Jan 1588
Uranus retrograde: 18 Jun – 19 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 1 Nov 1586 – 7 Apr; 4 Nov – 8 Apr 1588
Pluto retrograde: 11 Jul – 24 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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