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 16°00′♋︎ Cancer 13°48′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 20°17′♋︎ Cancer 10°13′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 6°37′♋︎ Cancer 29°40′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 24°17′♈︎ Aries 13°14′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 27°34′♒︎ Aquarius 24°46′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 1°07′♌︎ Leo 18°15′
- Uranus152 days♈︎ Aries 28°09′♈︎ Aries 24°11′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 17°15′♋︎ Cancer 15°03′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°25′♐︎ Sagittarius 3°09′
- Saturn135 days♌︎ Leo 20°25′♌︎ Leo 13°31′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 22°08′♌︎ Leo 12°06′
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: 30 Mar – 22 Apr; 2 Aug – 25 Aug; 23 Nov – 12 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 6 Nov 1681 – 5 Mar; 7 Dec – 7 Apr 1683
Saturn retrograde: 17 Nov 1681 – 31 Mar; 30 Nov – 14 Apr 1683
Uranus retrograde: 2 Aug – 1 Jan 1683
Neptune retrograde: 30 May – 5 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 16 Oct 1681 – 27 Mar; 17 Oct – 28 Mar 1683
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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