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 26°38′♉︎ Taurus 24°40′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 4°03′♋︎ Cancer 23°59′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°06′♑︎ Capricorn 3°55′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 9°15′♎︎ Libra 5°07′
- Venus42 days♓︎ Pisces 8°31′♒︎ Aquarius 22°33′
- Neptune159 days♏︎ Scorpio 14°27′♏︎ Scorpio 11°41′
- Saturn142 days♑︎ Capricorn 2°49′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°13′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 11°40′♉︎ Taurus 2°02′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 17°42′♍︎ Virgo 3°44′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 27°35′♉︎ Taurus 25°37′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 4°13′♐︎ Sagittarius 17°55′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 5°11′♌︎ Leo 25°11′
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: 25 Dec 1634 – 14 Jan; 17 Apr – 11 May; 19 Aug – 11 Sept; 9 Dec – 28 Dec
Venus retrograde: 29 Jan – 11 Mar
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Nov 1634 – 20 Mar; 21 Dec – 20 Apr 1636
Saturn retrograde: 11 Apr – 31 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 13 Jan – 12 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 14 Feb – 24 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 26 Aug 1634 – 7 Feb; 27 Aug – 8 Feb 1636
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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