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 18°42′♉︎ Taurus 14°42′
- Pluto161 days♋︎ Cancer 23°46′♋︎ Cancer 21°30′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 14°28′♐︎ Sagittarius 28°14′
- Saturn139 days♎︎ Libra 25°02′♎︎ Libra 18°18′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 4°55′♈︎ Aries 24°44′
- Jupiter121 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°13′♑︎ Capricorn 17°23′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 10°55′♓︎ Pisces 8°07′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 11°27′♌︎ Leo 27°55′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 22°53′♉︎ Taurus 18°52′
- Pluto161 days♋︎ Cancer 25°07′♋︎ Cancer 22°51′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 28°37′♐︎ Sagittarius 12°19′
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: 19 Dec 1687 – 8 Jan; 9 Apr – 3 May; 12 Aug – 4 Sept; 2 Dec – 21 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 14 May – 12 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 2 Feb – 20 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 24 Aug 1687 – 22 Jan; 27 Aug – 25 Jan 1689
Neptune retrograde: 12 Jun – 18 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 24 Oct 1687 – 3 Apr; 25 Oct – 4 Apr 1689
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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