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 21°12′♊︎ Gemini 19°10′
- Mars74 days♊︎ Gemini 19°23′♊︎ Gemini 1°52′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 13°54′♍︎ Virgo 3°55′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 11°19′♑︎ Capricorn 25°31′
- Saturn140 days♏︎ Scorpio 11°58′♏︎ Scorpio 5°18′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 9°00′♑︎ Capricorn 6°14′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 0°00′♑︎ Capricorn 26°03′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 7°16′♉︎ Taurus 28°40′
- Venus42 days♍︎ Virgo 29°31′♍︎ Virgo 13°29′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 10°05′♍︎ Virgo 25°04′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 22°14′♊︎ Gemini 20°12′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 25°16′♑︎ Capricorn 9°08′
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 Jan – 5 Feb; 12 May – 4 Jun; 10 Sept – 2 Oct; 29 Dec – 19 Jan 1661
Venus retrograde: 23 Aug – 5 Oct
Mars retrograde: 24 Oct 1659 – 6 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Dec 1659 – 29 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 19 Feb – 8 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 3 May – 5 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 9 Apr – 17 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 21 Sept 1659 – 2 Mar; 21 Sept – 4 Mar 1661
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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