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 7°44′♉︎ Taurus 5°46′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 5°19′♋︎ Cancer 1°13′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 5°14′♋︎ Cancer 15°56′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 24°13′♑︎ Capricorn 8°05′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 0°52′♍︎ Virgo 28°05′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 26°56′♏︎ Scorpio 17°04′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 16°37′♉︎ Taurus 7°18′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 8°41′♉︎ Taurus 6°43′
- Saturn136 days♈︎ Aries 26°38′♈︎ Aries 19°45′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 22°09′♍︎ Virgo 7°55′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 9°49′♋︎ Cancer 5°43′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 27°37′♐︎ Sagittarius 12°20′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°18′♐︎ Sagittarius 22°01′
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 Dec 1614 – 18 Jan; 22 Apr – 16 May; 24 Aug – 16 Sept; 13 Dec – 2 Jan 1616
Venus retrograde: 21 Nov – 1 Jan 1616
Mars retrograde: 6 Dec 1614 – 24 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 13 Mar – 14 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 8 Aug – 22 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 11 Oct 1614 – 9 Mar; 16 Oct – 13 Mar 1616
Neptune retrograde: 2 Jan – 9 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 7 Aug 1614 – 19 Jan; 8 Aug – 20 Jan 1616
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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