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.
- Pluto163 days♊︎ Gemini 29°41′♊︎ Gemini 27°36′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 18°34′♑︎ Capricorn 2°21′
- Mars76 days♏︎ Scorpio 15°27′♎︎ Libra 28°17′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 9°46′♈︎ Aries 29°58′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 26°36′♑︎ Capricorn 23°49′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 13°25′♒︎ Aquarius 6°46′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 2°15′♒︎ Aquarius 28°20′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 15°59′♍︎ Virgo 2°09′
- Venus42 days♍︎ Virgo 27°15′♍︎ Virgo 11°11′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 11°29′♊︎ Gemini 1°26′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 0°47′♊︎ Gemini 28°42′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 2°42′♐︎ Sagittarius 16°23′
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: 23 Dec 1667 – 12 Jan; 14 Apr – 8 May; 16 Aug – 8 Sept; 6 Dec – 26 Dec
Venus retrograde: 21 Aug – 2 Oct
Mars retrograde: 21 Mar – 6 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Sept – 25 Jan 1669
Saturn retrograde: 22 May – 10 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 5 Jun – 6 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 27 Apr – 5 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 29 Sept 1667 – 11 Mar; 30 Sept – 12 Mar 1669
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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