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 22°45′♉︎ Taurus 19°56′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°57′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°41′
- Pluto157 days♍︎ Virgo 21°21′♍︎ Virgo 18°39′
- Uranus151 days♎︎ Libra 19°51′♎︎ Libra 15°44′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 5°30′♎︎ Libra 25°36′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 6°45′♐︎ Sagittarius 0°08′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 3°03′♈︎ Aries 22°41′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 4°33′♊︎ Gemini 18°02′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 9°42′♌︎ Leo 26°18′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 25°00′♉︎ Taurus 22°11′
- Mars70 days♉︎ Taurus 21°07′♉︎ Taurus 5°44′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 27°06′♐︎ Sagittarius 10°48′
- Pluto157 days♍︎ Virgo 23°38′♍︎ Virgo 20°55′
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: 17 Dec 1720 – 6 Jan; 8 Apr – 2 May; 11 Aug – 3 Sept; 1 Dec – 21 Dec
Venus retrograde: 27 May – 9 Jul
Mars retrograde: 29 Sept – 8 Dec
Jupiter retrograde: 19 Feb – 22 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 16 Mar – 4 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 23 Jan – 23 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 26 Aug 1720 – 30 Jan; 28 Aug – 1 Feb 1722
Pluto retrograde: 23 Dec 1720 – 29 May; 26 Dec – 1 Jun 1722
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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