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.
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 11°29′♊︎ Gemini 1°26′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 0°47′♊︎ Gemini 28°42′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 21°24′♈︎ Aries 10°07′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 28°48′♑︎ Capricorn 26°01′
- Saturn140 days♒︎ Aquarius 25°11′♒︎ Aquarius 18°30′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 6°14′♓︎ Pisces 2°18′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 28°13′♌︎ Leo 15°33′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 1°54′♊︎ Gemini 29°48′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 15°31′♋︎ Cancer 5°27′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 16°52′♐︎ Sagittarius 0°36′
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: 27 Mar – 19 Apr; 30 Jul – 22 Aug; 20 Nov – 9 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Sept 1668 – 25 Jan; 1 Nov – 1 Mar 1670
Saturn retrograde: 4 Jun – 22 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 10 Jun – 11 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 30 Apr – 7 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 30 Sept 1668 – 12 Mar; 1 Oct – 13 Mar 1670
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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