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♋︎ Cancer 7°35′♋︎ Cancer 5°27′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 11°55′♐︎ Sagittarius 25°39′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 26°30′♒︎ Aquarius 10°42′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°35′♐︎ Sagittarius 9°45′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 1°58′♈︎ Aries 21°34′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°03′♒︎ Aquarius 9°16′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 0°02′♓︎ Pisces 26°06′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 8°37′♌︎ Leo 25°15′
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 11°58′♉︎ Taurus 5°03′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 8°45′♋︎ Cancer 6°36′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 26°04′♐︎ Sagittarius 9°46′
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: 16 Dec 1674 – 5 Jan; 7 Apr – 30 Apr; 10 Aug – 2 Sept; 30 Nov – 20 Dec
Venus retrograde: 17 Jan – 27 Feb
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Apr – 6 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 24 Aug – 6 Jan 1676
Uranus retrograde: 5 Jul – 5 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 14 May – 21 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 7 Oct 1674 – 19 Mar; 9 Oct – 19 Mar 1676
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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