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.
- Saturn134 days♉︎ Taurus 25°50′♉︎ Taurus 18°54′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 9°56′♋︎ Cancer 7°46′
- Mars78 days♋︎ Cancer 15°25′♊︎ Gemini 26°41′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 26°36′♓︎ Pisces 13°13′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°29′♒︎ Aquarius 13°42′
- Jupiter120 days♒︎ Aquarius 27°30′♒︎ Aquarius 17°39′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 1°39′♋︎ Cancer 20°57′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 8°01′♈︎ Aries 4°05′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 9°55′♊︎ Gemini 2°58′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 11°07′♋︎ Cancer 8°57′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 24°24′♏︎ Scorpio 8°19′
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: 1 Mar – 24 Mar; 4 Jul – 28 Jul; 27 Oct – 16 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 16 Nov 1676 – 2 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 15 Jun – 13 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 6 Sept 1676 – 19 Jan; 21 Sept – 2 Feb 1678
Uranus retrograde: 12 Jul – 12 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 18 May – 25 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 9 Oct 1676 – 21 Mar; 11 Oct – 22 Mar 1678
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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