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.
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 19°18′♈︎ Aries 17°17′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 19°10′♌︎ Leo 16°22′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°23′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°08′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 8°05′♍︎ Virgo 1°12′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 2°42′♈︎ Aries 22°28′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 20°18′♈︎ Aries 18°17′
- Uranus152 days♈︎ Aries 19°00′♈︎ Aries 15°03′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 9°17′♌︎ Leo 25°47′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 10°46′♉︎ Taurus 0°45′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 17°49′♎︎ Libra 2°02′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 21°22′♌︎ Leo 18°34′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 26°32′♐︎ Sagittarius 10°14′
- Saturn137 days♍︎ Virgo 21°10′♍︎ Virgo 14°20′
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: 17 Dec 1595 – 6 Jan; 7 Apr – 1 May; 10 Aug – 2 Sept; 30 Nov – 20 Dec
Venus retrograde: 12 Sept – 24 Oct
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 30 Aug – 25 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 19 Dec 1595 – 2 May; 31 Dec – 16 May 1597
Uranus retrograde: 24 Jul – 24 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 21 Nov 1595 – 26 Apr; 23 Nov – 29 Apr 1597
Pluto retrograde: 20 Jul 1595 – 1 Jan; 20 Jul – 1 Jan 1597
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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