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♊︎ Gemini 6°14′♊︎ Gemini 3°25′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 22°12′♑︎ Capricorn 6°00′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 5°28′♎︎ Libra 2°42′
- Uranus152 days♏︎ Scorpio 17°46′♏︎ Scorpio 13°42′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 13°53′♉︎ Taurus 4°18′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 15°10′♒︎ Aquarius 8°30′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 19°51′♍︎ Virgo 5°51′
- Neptune156 days♊︎ Gemini 8°29′♊︎ Gemini 5°40′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 1°30′♉︎ Taurus 21°28′
- Venus41 days♏︎ Scorpio 23°09′♏︎ Scorpio 7°43′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 6°18′♐︎ Sagittarius 20°00′
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: 27 Dec 1726 – 16 Jan; 19 Apr – 13 May; 22 Aug – 14 Sept; 11 Dec – 31 Dec
Venus retrograde: 18 Oct – 29 Nov
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Sept – 16 Jan 1728
Saturn retrograde: 26 May – 13 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 21 Feb – 23 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 9 Sept 1726 – 12 Feb; 11 Sept – 15 Feb 1728
Pluto retrograde: 7 Jan – 13 Jun
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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