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 11°35′♊︎ Gemini 1°32′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 2°05′♋︎ Cancer 29°17′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 13°24′♑︎ Capricorn 27°38′
- Pluto158 days♐︎ Sagittarius 9°09′♐︎ Sagittarius 6°24′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 24°53′♐︎ Sagittarius 18°16′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 9°32′♊︎ Gemini 0°57′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 3°24′♒︎ Aquarius 29°28′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 12°13′♍︎ Virgo 27°10′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 15°47′♋︎ Cancer 5°43′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 4°18′♌︎ Leo 1°30′
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: 18 Jan – 8 Feb; 14 May – 7 Jun; 13 Sept – 5 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 30 Sept 1751 – 26 Jan; 2 Nov – 1 Mar 1753
Saturn retrograde: 3 Apr – 22 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 7 Jun – 8 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 4 Nov 1751 – 9 Apr; 6 Nov – 11 Apr 1753
Pluto retrograde: 11 Mar – 16 Aug
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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