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 22°14′♊︎ Gemini 20°12′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 25°16′♑︎ Capricorn 9°08′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 13°52′♎︎ Libra 3°56′
- Saturn141 days♏︎ Scorpio 23°38′♏︎ Scorpio 16°59′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 11°12′♑︎ Capricorn 8°25′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 17°45′♉︎ Taurus 8°27′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 4°05′♒︎ Aquarius 0°08′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 23°13′♍︎ Virgo 8°59′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 23°17′♊︎ Gemini 21°14′
- Mars79 days♋︎ Cancer 29°51′♋︎ Cancer 10°41′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 9°21′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°04′
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 Dec 1660 – 19 Jan; 22 Apr – 16 May; 24 Aug – 16 Sept; 13 Dec – 2 Jan 1662
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 30 Nov – 17 Feb 1662
Jupiter retrograde: 27 Jan – 30 May
Saturn retrograde: 2 Mar – 20 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 8 May – 9 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 12 Apr – 19 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 21 Sept 1660 – 4 Mar; 22 Sept – 5 Mar 1662
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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