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.
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 0°16′♉︎ Taurus 23°19′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 3°41′♌︎ Leo 0°53′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 19°04′♑︎ Capricorn 2°52′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 17°53′♍︎ Virgo 7°54′
- Mars77 days♏︎ Scorpio 12°15′♎︎ Libra 24°58′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 10°34′♉︎ Taurus 0°54′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 21°01′♓︎ Pisces 17°06′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 13°14′♈︎ Aries 11°12′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 16°36′♍︎ Virgo 2°40′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 14°25′♊︎ Gemini 7°27′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 5°54′♌︎ Leo 3°06′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 3°10′♐︎ Sagittarius 16°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: 23 Dec 1588 – 13 Jan; 16 Apr – 9 May; 18 Aug – 10 Sept; 7 Dec – 27 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 19 Mar – 3 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 2 Jan – 4 May
Saturn retrograde: 12 Sept 1588 – 24 Jan; 26 Sept – 7 Feb 1590
Uranus retrograde: 25 Jun – 26 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 5 Nov 1588 – 11 Apr; 8 Nov – 13 Apr 1590
Pluto retrograde: 13 Jul – 25 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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