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.
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 7°11′♊︎ Gemini 5°11′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 6°02′♊︎ Gemini 25°58′
- Mercury22 days♒︎ Aquarius 24°55′♒︎ Aquarius 9°37′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 0°10′♏︎ Scorpio 26°07′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 8°25′♐︎ Sagittarius 5°38′
- Venus43 days♉︎ Taurus 16°52′♉︎ Taurus 0°25′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 24°03′♊︎ Gemini 15°22′
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 17°59′♉︎ Taurus 11°04′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 8°09′♊︎ Gemini 6°10′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 23°51′♎︎ Libra 8°22′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 8°37′♋︎ Cancer 28°34′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 13°20′♋︎ Cancer 23°56′
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 Jan – 19 Feb; 29 May – 22 Jun; 25 Sept – 17 Oct
Venus retrograde: 7 Apr – 20 May
Mars retrograde: 14 Dec – 4 Mar 1647
Jupiter retrograde: 23 Oct 1645 – 19 Feb; 24 Nov – 25 Mar 1647
Saturn retrograde: 30 Aug – 12 Jan 1647
Uranus retrograde: 4 Mar – 4 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 10 Mar – 17 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 6 Sept 1645 – 17 Feb; 7 Sept – 18 Feb 1647
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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