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 12°28′♉︎ Taurus 10°31′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 22°28′♊︎ Gemini 15°30′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 28°08′♋︎ Cancer 24°00′
- Neptune159 days♎︎ Libra 11°47′♎︎ Libra 9°00′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 19°40′♒︎ Aquarius 4°10′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 17°41′♊︎ Gemini 9°07′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 13°25′♉︎ Taurus 11°27′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 10°54′♍︎ Virgo 25°00′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 21°03′♉︎ Taurus 11°02′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 18°35′♎︎ Libra 3°15′
- Saturn133 days♋︎ Cancer 6°44′♊︎ Gemini 29°46′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 2°47′♋︎ Cancer 28°39′
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: 24 Jan – 14 Feb; 22 May – 15 Jun; 20 Sept – 11 Oct
Venus retrograde: 4 Sept – 16 Oct
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Sept – 4 Jan 1621
Saturn retrograde: 5 Oct 1619 – 15 Feb; 18 Oct – 1 Mar 1621
Uranus retrograde: 3 Nov 1619 – 31 Mar; 7 Nov – 5 Apr 1621
Neptune retrograde: 13 Jan – 19 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 12 Aug 1619 – 24 Jan; 12 Aug – 24 Jan 1621
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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