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 20°18′♈︎ Aries 18°17′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 21°22′♌︎ Leo 18°34′
- Saturn137 days♍︎ Virgo 21°10′♍︎ Virgo 14°20′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 14°36′♈︎ Aries 2°50′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 21°17′♈︎ Aries 19°17′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 21°17′♌︎ Leo 9°02′
- Uranus152 days♈︎ Aries 23°03′♈︎ Aries 19°06′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 16°23′♊︎ Gemini 6°19′
- Mars77 days♋︎ Cancer 12°21′♊︎ Gemini 23°40′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 10°43′♏︎ Scorpio 24°28′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 23°34′♌︎ Leo 20°47′
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: 20 Mar – 13 Apr; 23 Jul – 16 Aug; 14 Nov – 4 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 14 Nov – 30 Jan 1598
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Oct – 31 Jan 1598
Saturn retrograde: 31 Dec 1596 – 16 May
Uranus retrograde: 29 Jul – 28 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 23 Nov 1596 – 29 Apr; 25 Nov – 1 May 1598
Pluto retrograde: 20 Jul 1596 – 1 Jan; 21 Jul – 2 Jan 1598
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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