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♉︎ Taurus 6°47′♉︎ Taurus 4°49′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 0°50′♊︎ Gemini 26°45′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 28°41′♍︎ Virgo 25°54′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 10°16′♑︎ Capricorn 24°28′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 26°30′♎︎ Libra 16°36′
- Venus43 days♉︎ Taurus 25°38′♉︎ Taurus 9°08′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 6°08′♉︎ Taurus 27°32′
- Saturn137 days♈︎ Aries 13°21′♈︎ Aries 6°30′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 7°44′♉︎ Taurus 5°46′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 9°01′♍︎ Virgo 24°01′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 5°19′♋︎ Cancer 1°13′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 5°14′♋︎ Cancer 15°56′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 24°13′♑︎ Capricorn 8°05′
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: 14 Jan – 4 Feb; 11 May – 4 Jun; 10 Sept – 2 Oct; 29 Dec – 18 Jan 1615
Venus retrograde: 16 Apr – 29 May
Mars retrograde: 6 Dec – 24 Feb 1615
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Feb – 13 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 25 Jul – 9 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 6 Oct 1613 – 5 Mar; 11 Oct – 9 Mar 1615
Neptune retrograde: 30 Dec 1613 – 6 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 6 Aug 1613 – 18 Jan; 7 Aug – 19 Jan 1615
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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