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 23°16′♈︎ Aries 21°16′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 1°11′♈︎ Aries 27°13′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 2°37′♐︎ Sagittarius 17°18′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 27°59′♌︎ Leo 25°12′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 21°48′♌︎ Leo 11°46′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 18°27′♋︎ Cancer 28°59′
- Mercury22 days♒︎ Aquarius 23°52′♒︎ Aquarius 8°34′
- Saturn139 days♎︎ Libra 28°32′♎︎ Libra 21°49′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 22°56′♊︎ Gemini 14°15′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 24°15′♈︎ Aries 22°15′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 5°17′♉︎ Taurus 1°18′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 22°48′♎︎ Libra 7°20′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 0°12′♌︎ Leo 27°24′
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: 29 Jan – 19 Feb; 28 May – 21 Jun; 24 Sept – 15 Oct
Venus retrograde: 26 Nov 1599 – 6 Jan
Mars retrograde: 19 Dec 1599 – 9 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 8 Dec 1599 – 7 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 6 Feb – 24 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 6 Aug 1599 – 5 Jan; 10 Aug – 9 Jan 1601
Neptune retrograde: 30 Nov 1599 – 5 May; 2 Dec – 8 May 1601
Pluto retrograde: 24 Jul 1599 – 5 Jan; 24 Jul – 5 Jan 1601
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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