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♌︎ Leo 19°47′♌︎ Leo 16°58′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°40′♑︎ Capricorn 4°27′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 27°23′♍︎ Virgo 8°07′
- Pluto160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 27°26′♐︎ Sagittarius 24°47′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 11°59′♉︎ Taurus 2°14′
- Jupiter120 days♒︎ Aquarius 27°22′♒︎ Aquarius 17°30′
- Saturn138 days♓︎ Pisces 28°43′♓︎ Pisces 21°57′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 5°08′♈︎ Aries 1°12′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 18°08′♍︎ Virgo 4°16′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 21°59′♌︎ Leo 19°11′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 4°46′♐︎ Sagittarius 18°28′
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: 25 Dec 1759 – 15 Jan; 16 Apr – 10 May; 19 Aug – 11 Sept; 8 Dec – 28 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 28 Jan – 18 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 15 Jun – 13 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 9 Jul – 24 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 9 Jul – 9 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 22 Nov 1759 – 27 Apr; 23 Nov – 29 Apr 1761
Pluto retrograde: 29 Mar – 5 Sept
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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