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 20°10′♊︎ Gemini 18°08′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 13°09′♌︎ Leo 3°06′
- Venus41 days♓︎ Pisces 1°19′♒︎ Aquarius 15°28′
- Mercury22 days♒︎ Aquarius 27°33′♒︎ Aquarius 12°22′
- Saturn139 days♏︎ Scorpio 0°05′♎︎ Libra 23°22′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 6°49′♑︎ Capricorn 4°02′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 25°54′♑︎ Capricorn 21°57′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 27°16′♊︎ Gemini 18°29′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 21°12′♊︎ Gemini 19°10′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 26°29′♎︎ Libra 10°56′
- Mars74 days♊︎ Gemini 19°23′♊︎ Gemini 1°52′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 13°54′♍︎ Virgo 3°55′
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 Feb – 22 Feb; 1 Jun – 25 Jun; 28 Sept – 19 Oct
Venus retrograde: 22 Jan – 4 Mar
Mars retrograde: 24 Oct – 6 Jan 1660
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Nov 1658 – 29 Mar; 29 Dec – 29 Apr 1660
Saturn retrograde: 7 Feb – 26 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 30 Apr – 1 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 8 Apr – 15 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 19 Sept 1658 – 2 Mar; 21 Sept – 2 Mar 1660
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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