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 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′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 24°32′♍︎ Virgo 5°14′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 12°47′♉︎ Taurus 3°10′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 25°21′♒︎ Aquarius 22°34′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 15°15′♊︎ Gemini 28°45′
- Uranus152 days♈︎ Aries 24°06′♈︎ Aries 20°09′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 18°46′♍︎ Virgo 4°47′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 16°00′♋︎ Cancer 13°48′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 20°17′♋︎ Cancer 10°13′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 6°37′♋︎ Cancer 29°40′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 5°15′♐︎ Sagittarius 18°58′
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: 25 Dec 1680 – 14 Jan; 17 Apr – 11 May; 19 Aug – 11 Sept; 9 Dec – 29 Dec
Venus retrograde: 6 Jun – 20 Jul
Mars retrograde: 24 Jan – 15 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Oct 1680 – 30 Jan; 6 Nov – 5 Mar 1682
Saturn retrograde: 3 Nov 1680 – 16 Mar; 17 Nov – 31 Mar 1682
Uranus retrograde: 29 Jul – 28 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 27 May – 3 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 14 Oct 1680 – 25 Mar; 16 Oct – 27 Mar 1682
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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