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 14°25′♊︎ Gemini 7°27′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 5°54′♌︎ Leo 3°06′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 17°48′♎︎ Libra 7°53′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 22°06′♈︎ Aries 11°00′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 2°09′♉︎ Taurus 15°38′
- Uranus153 days♓︎ Pisces 24°59′♓︎ Pisces 21°04′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 14°15′♈︎ Aries 12°13′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 28°55′♌︎ Leo 16°06′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 28°39′♊︎ Gemini 21°41′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 8°07′♌︎ Leo 5°19′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 17°20′♐︎ Sagittarius 1°04′
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: 28 Mar – 21 Apr; 31 Jul – 24 Aug; 21 Nov – 11 Dec
Venus retrograde: 23 Apr – 5 Jun
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 1 Feb – 4 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 26 Sept 1589 – 7 Feb; 11 Oct – 21 Feb 1591
Uranus retrograde: 30 Jun – 30 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 8 Nov 1589 – 13 Apr; 10 Nov – 16 Apr 1591
Pluto retrograde: 14 Jul – 27 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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