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.
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 13°46′♉︎ Taurus 10°57′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 1°24′♊︎ Gemini 21°20′
- Pluto157 days♍︎ Virgo 12°35′♍︎ Virgo 9°57′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 0°50′♍︎ Virgo 26°42′
- Saturn138 days♎︎ Libra 19°33′♎︎ Libra 12°48′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 17°51′♓︎ Pisces 3°46′
- Mars69 days♐︎ Sagittarius 26°48′♐︎ Sagittarius 13°09′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 21°28′♋︎ Cancer 11°32′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 16°01′♉︎ Taurus 13°12′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 16°12′♏︎ Scorpio 0°15′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 4°19′♋︎ Cancer 24°15′
- Pluto157 days♍︎ Virgo 14°44′♍︎ Virgo 12°04′
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: 21 Feb – 16 Mar; 25 Jun – 19 Jul; 19 Oct – 8 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 9 May – 17 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 19 Oct 1716 – 15 Feb; 20 Nov – 21 Mar 1718
Saturn retrograde: 28 Jan – 15 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 5 Jan – 4 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 16 Aug 1716 – 20 Jan; 19 Aug – 23 Jan 1718
Pluto retrograde: 14 Dec 1716 – 21 May; 17 Dec – 23 May 1718
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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