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 16°05′♊︎ Gemini 14°04′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 9°40′♍︎ Virgo 2°47′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°00′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°46′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 28°05′♐︎ Sagittarius 25°18′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 6°47′♈︎ Aries 26°47′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 9°17′♑︎ Capricorn 5°18′
- Mars62 days♒︎ Aquarius 3°23′♑︎ Capricorn 22°49′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 13°11′♌︎ Leo 29°31′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 0°24′♈︎ Aries 20°26′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 17°06′♊︎ Gemini 15°04′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 15°13′♏︎ Scorpio 29°55′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 0°08′♐︎ Sagittarius 13°50′
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: 20 Dec 1654 – 9 Jan; 12 Apr – 6 May; 14 Aug – 7 Sept; 4 Dec – 24 Dec
Venus retrograde: 9 Nov – 20 Dec
Mars retrograde: 21 Jun – 21 Aug
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Aug – 15 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 20 Dec 1654 – 4 May
Uranus retrograde: 13 Apr – 14 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 30 Mar – 6 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 15 Sept 1654 – 26 Feb; 16 Sept – 27 Feb 1656
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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