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♊︎ Gemini 9°55′♊︎ Gemini 2°58′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 11°07′♋︎ Cancer 8°57′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 9°47′♒︎ Aquarius 25°14′
- Venus43 days♉︎ Taurus 8°05′♈︎ Aries 21°38′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 18°42′♒︎ Aquarius 15°55′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 12°02′♋︎ Cancer 2°37′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 12°01′♈︎ Aries 8°05′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 4°00′♓︎ Pisces 24°05′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 24°08′♊︎ Gemini 17°10′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 8°27′♎︎ Libra 22°38′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 12°19′♋︎ Cancer 10°09′
- Mars81 days♌︎ Leo 21°17′♌︎ Leo 1°49′
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: 13 Feb – 7 Mar; 15 Jun – 9 Jul; 11 Oct – 31 Oct
Venus retrograde: 29 Mar – 10 May
Mars retrograde: 21 Dec – 12 Mar 1679
Jupiter retrograde: 23 Jul – 18 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 21 Sept 1677 – 2 Feb; 6 Oct – 16 Feb 1679
Uranus retrograde: 17 Jul – 16 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 21 May – 27 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 11 Oct 1677 – 22 Mar; 12 Oct – 23 Mar 1679
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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