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 26°29′♊︎ Gemini 16°25′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 3°49′♋︎ Cancer 29°41′
- Pluto159 days♌︎ Leo 19°33′♌︎ Leo 17°05′
- Mercury22 days♒︎ Aquarius 28°36′♒︎ Aquarius 13°26′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 8°50′♊︎ Gemini 22°19′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 28°23′♊︎ Gemini 19°36′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 19°01′♈︎ Aries 16°12′
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 19°48′♉︎ Taurus 12°53′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 27°32′♎︎ Libra 11°58′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 8°30′♌︎ Leo 4°22′
- Jupiter120 days♋︎ Cancer 29°42′♋︎ Cancer 19°38′
- Pluto159 days♌︎ Leo 21°18′♌︎ Leo 18°49′
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: 2 Feb – 23 Feb; 2 Jun – 26 Jun; 30 Sept – 21 Oct
Venus retrograde: 31 May – 14 Jul
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Oct 1704 – 10 Feb; 16 Nov – 16 Mar 1706
Saturn retrograde: 1 Sept – 14 Jan 1706
Uranus retrograde: 9 Nov 1704 – 7 Apr; 14 Nov – 12 Apr 1706
Neptune retrograde: 22 Jul – 27 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 20 Nov 1704 – 29 Apr; 23 Nov – 30 Apr 1706
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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