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♊︎ Gemini 1°20′♉︎ Taurus 27°19′
- Pluto161 days♋︎ Cancer 27°52′♋︎ Cancer 25°34′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 21°38′♒︎ Aquarius 5°53′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 12°27′♒︎ Aquarius 28°03′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 0°25′♏︎ Scorpio 23°46′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 15°12′♋︎ Cancer 5°37′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 17°37′♓︎ Pisces 14°49′
- Jupiter117 days♉︎ Taurus 15°57′♉︎ Taurus 5°56′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 5°36′♊︎ Gemini 1°35′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 11°02′♎︎ Libra 25°10′
- Pluto161 days♋︎ Cancer 29°16′♋︎ Cancer 26°58′
- Mars76 days♊︎ Gemini 29°38′♊︎ Gemini 11°36′
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: 15 Feb – 10 Mar; 18 Jun – 12 Jul; 13 Oct – 3 Nov
Venus retrograde: 12 Jan – 22 Feb
Mars retrograde: 2 Nov – 17 Jan 1692
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Sept – 30 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 9 Mar – 28 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 5 Sept 1690 – 3 Feb; 10 Sept – 8 Feb 1692
Neptune retrograde: 20 Jun – 25 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 28 Oct 1690 – 7 Apr; 30 Oct – 8 Apr 1692
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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