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♌︎ Leo 16°57′♌︎ Leo 14°09′
- Saturn135 days♌︎ Leo 24°41′♌︎ Leo 17°46′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 28°20′♑︎ Capricorn 12°16′
- Venus42 days♓︎ Pisces 20°20′♓︎ Pisces 4°15′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 21°39′♉︎ Taurus 12°37′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 19°18′♈︎ Aries 17°17′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 14°58′♈︎ Aries 11°02′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 3°57′♓︎ Pisces 24°01′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 26°34′♍︎ Virgo 12°06′
- Mars71 days♉︎ Taurus 26°24′♉︎ Taurus 10°23′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 19°10′♌︎ Leo 16°22′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°23′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°08′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 8°05′♍︎ Virgo 1°12′
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: 2 Jan – 23 Jan; 27 Apr – 21 May; 29 Aug – 20 Sept; 17 Dec – 6 Jan 1596
Venus retrograde: 10 Feb – 24 Mar
Mars retrograde: 4 Oct – 14 Dec
Jupiter retrograde: 24 Jul – 19 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 5 Dec 1594 – 19 Apr; 19 Dec – 2 May 1596
Uranus retrograde: 21 Jul – 20 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 19 Nov 1594 – 25 Apr; 21 Nov – 26 Apr 1596
Pluto retrograde: 20 Jul – 1 Jan 1596
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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