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.
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 16°17′♉︎ Taurus 9°22′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 1°28′♋︎ Cancer 28°40′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 17°20′♌︎ Leo 7°18′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 5°04′♑︎ Capricorn 19°09′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 29°50′♉︎ Taurus 21°07′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 17°03′♓︎ Pisces 13°08′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 12°12′♈︎ Aries 10°10′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 3°38′♍︎ Virgo 18°51′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 0°16′♉︎ Taurus 23°19′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 20°09′♎︎ Libra 4°23′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 3°41′♌︎ Leo 0°53′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 19°04′♑︎ Capricorn 2°52′
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: 9 Jan – 30 Jan; 5 May – 29 May; 4 Sept – 26 Sept; 23 Dec – 13 Jan 1589
Venus retrograde: 14 Sept – 26 Oct
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 3 Dec 1587 – 2 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 29 Aug 1587 – 11 Jan; 12 Sept – 24 Jan 1589
Uranus retrograde: 21 Jun – 22 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 4 Nov 1587 – 8 Apr; 5 Nov – 11 Apr 1589
Pluto retrograde: 12 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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