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.
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 14°33′♉︎ Taurus 10°33′
- Pluto161 days♋︎ Cancer 22°26′♋︎ Cancer 20°11′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 0°26′♑︎ Capricorn 14°23′
- Saturn138 days♎︎ Libra 12°44′♎︎ Libra 5°58′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 24°04′♐︎ Sagittarius 14°13′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 23°53′♉︎ Taurus 14°53′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 8°41′♓︎ Pisces 5°53′
- Mars60 days♒︎ Aquarius 20°54′♒︎ Aquarius 10°54′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 18°42′♉︎ Taurus 14°42′
- Mercury22 days♍︎ Virgo 28°42′♍︎ Virgo 14°12′
- Pluto161 days♋︎ Cancer 23°46′♋︎ Cancer 21°30′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 5°20′♏︎ Scorpio 20°01′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 14°28′♐︎ Sagittarius 28°14′
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: 4 Jan – 24 Jan; 29 Apr – 23 May; 30 Aug – 22 Sept; 19 Dec – 8 Jan 1688
Venus retrograde: 30 Oct – 10 Dec
Mars retrograde: 9 Jul – 7 Sept
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Apr – 10 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 21 Jan – 8 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 19 Aug 1686 – 18 Jan; 24 Aug – 22 Jan 1688
Neptune retrograde: 10 Jun – 17 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 23 Oct 1686 – 2 Apr; 24 Oct – 3 Apr 1688
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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