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.
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 13°32′♋︎ Cancer 11°21′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 8°23′♋︎ Cancer 1°25′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 7°09′♑︎ Capricorn 21°15′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 2°06′♉︎ Taurus 23°24′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 23°08′♒︎ Aquarius 20°21′
- Uranus152 days♈︎ Aries 20°03′♈︎ Aries 16°07′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 5°46′♍︎ Virgo 20°57′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 16°30′♊︎ Gemini 6°26′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 14°45′♋︎ Cancer 12°34′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 22°34′♋︎ Cancer 15°37′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 21°09′♑︎ Capricorn 4°57′
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: 11 Jan – 1 Feb; 6 May – 30 May; 6 Sept – 28 Sept; 25 Dec – 14 Jan 1681
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Oct – 30 Jan 1681
Saturn retrograde: 20 Oct 1679 – 2 Mar; 3 Nov – 16 Mar 1681
Uranus retrograde: 25 Jul – 24 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 25 May – 31 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 14 Oct 1679 – 24 Mar; 14 Oct – 25 Mar 1681
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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