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°57′♉︎ Taurus 18°59′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 10°52′♐︎ Sagittarius 24°36′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 10°39′♍︎ Virgo 6°30′
- Saturn139 days♎︎ Libra 23°29′♎︎ Libra 16°45′
- Neptune159 days♏︎ Scorpio 1°24′♎︎ Libra 28°37′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 0°52′♈︎ Aries 20°26′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 6°58′♑︎ Capricorn 27°08′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 7°31′♌︎ Leo 24°11′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 21°54′♉︎ Taurus 19°56′
- Mars78 days♋︎ Cancer 21°15′♋︎ Cancer 2°18′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 25°01′♐︎ Sagittarius 8°43′
- Uranus150 days♍︎ Virgo 15°25′♍︎ Virgo 11°16′
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: 15 Dec 1628 – 4 Jan; 5 Apr – 29 Apr; 8 Aug – 1 Sept; 29 Nov – 18 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 22 Nov – 8 Feb 1630
Jupiter retrograde: 25 May – 23 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 31 Jan – 19 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 15 Dec 1628 – 14 May; 20 Dec – 19 May 1630
Neptune retrograde: 31 Jan – 10 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 20 Aug 1628 – 1 Feb; 21 Aug – 2 Feb 1630
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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