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 20°01′♉︎ Taurus 18°03′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 5°53′♍︎ Virgo 1°44′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 26°48′♑︎ Capricorn 10°42′
- Saturn138 days♎︎ Libra 11°11′♎︎ Libra 4°25′
- Neptune159 days♎︎ Libra 29°13′♎︎ Libra 26°27′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 3°09′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°19′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 19°41′♉︎ Taurus 10°32′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 20°57′♉︎ Taurus 18°59′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 24°54′♍︎ Virgo 10°32′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 8°36′♍︎ Virgo 22°40′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 10°52′♐︎ Sagittarius 24°36′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 10°39′♍︎ Virgo 6°30′
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: 1 Jan – 21 Jan; 24 Apr – 18 May; 26 Aug – 17 Sept; 15 Dec – 4 Jan 1629
Venus retrograde: 2 Sept – 14 Oct
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 19 Apr – 19 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 20 Jan – 6 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 11 Dec 1627 – 8 May; 15 Dec – 14 May 1629
Neptune retrograde: 30 Jan – 7 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 20 Aug 1627 – 1 Feb; 20 Aug – 1 Feb 1629
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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