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 16°01′♉︎ Taurus 13°12′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 4°19′♋︎ Cancer 24°15′
- Pluto157 days♍︎ Virgo 14°44′♍︎ Virgo 12°04′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 5°37′♎︎ Libra 1°29′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 1°15′♒︎ Aquarius 16°12′
- Saturn139 days♏︎ Scorpio 1°41′♎︎ Libra 24°59′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 26°54′♈︎ Aries 10°32′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 1°35′♊︎ Gemini 22°41′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 18°16′♉︎ Taurus 15°27′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 0°09′♎︎ Libra 14°32′
- Pluto157 days♍︎ Virgo 16°54′♍︎ Virgo 14°14′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 5°28′♌︎ Leo 25°27′
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: 5 Feb – 26 Feb; 6 Jun – 30 Jun; 2 Oct – 23 Oct
Venus retrograde: 18 Mar – 30 Apr
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Nov 1717 – 21 Mar; 21 Dec – 22 Apr 1719
Saturn retrograde: 9 Feb – 28 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 9 Jan – 9 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 19 Aug 1717 – 23 Jan; 22 Aug – 26 Jan 1719
Pluto retrograde: 17 Dec 1717 – 23 May; 19 Dec – 25 May 1719
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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