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 21°17′♈︎ Aries 19°17′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 16°23′♊︎ Gemini 6°19′
- Mars77 days♋︎ Cancer 12°21′♊︎ Gemini 23°40′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 23°34′♌︎ Leo 20°47′
- Saturn138 days♎︎ Libra 3°56′♍︎ Virgo 27°09′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 27°12′♓︎ Pisces 13°57′
- Venus43 days♉︎ Taurus 29°59′♉︎ Taurus 13°28′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 2°28′♋︎ Cancer 21°37′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 22°17′♈︎ Aries 20°17′
- Uranus152 days♈︎ Aries 27°07′♈︎ Aries 23°09′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 24°53′♏︎ Scorpio 8°47′
- Jupiter120 days♋︎ Cancer 20°03′♋︎ Cancer 9°59′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 25°47′♌︎ Leo 22°59′
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: 3 Mar – 26 Mar; 5 Jul – 29 Jul; 29 Oct – 18 Nov
Venus retrograde: 21 Apr – 3 Jun
Mars retrograde: 14 Nov 1597 – 30 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Oct 1597 – 31 Jan; 6 Nov – 6 Mar 1599
Saturn retrograde: 12 Jan – 30 May
Uranus retrograde: 2 Aug – 1 Jan 1599
Neptune retrograde: 25 Nov 1597 – 1 May; 28 Nov – 4 May 1599
Pluto retrograde: 21 Jul 1597 – 2 Jan; 22 Jul – 4 Jan 1599
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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