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♋︎ Cancer 12°53′♋︎ Cancer 5°55′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 10°20′♌︎ Leo 7°32′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 5°06′♐︎ Sagittarius 19°47′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 17°22′♓︎ Pisces 3°23′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°14′♐︎ Sagittarius 9°24′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 21°13′♋︎ Cancer 11°10′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 2°57′♓︎ Pisces 29°01′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 16°16′♈︎ Aries 14°15′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 15°38′♎︎ Libra 29°39′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 27°01′♋︎ Cancer 20°03′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 12°33′♌︎ Leo 9°44′
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: 21 Feb – 15 Mar; 24 Jun – 18 Jul; 18 Oct – 8 Nov
Venus retrograde: 29 Nov 1591 – 9 Jan
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Apr – 5 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 25 Oct 1591 – 7 Mar; 8 Nov – 21 Mar 1593
Uranus retrograde: 8 Jul – 8 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 13 Nov 1591 – 17 Apr; 14 Nov – 20 Apr 1593
Pluto retrograde: 16 Jul – 28 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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