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.
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 21°46′♉︎ Taurus 14°52′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 20°33′♋︎ Cancer 10°29′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 0°47′♌︎ Leo 27°59′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°01′♒︎ Aquarius 0°19′
- Pluto161 days♑︎ Capricorn 7°53′♑︎ Capricorn 5°18′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 12°41′♊︎ Gemini 4°07′
- Uranus152 days♈︎ Aries 25°12′♈︎ Aries 21°15′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 14°52′♍︎ Virgo 29°44′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 5°43′♉︎ Taurus 28°47′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 2°59′♍︎ Virgo 0°12′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 22°26′♌︎ Leo 12°25′
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: 20 Jan – 10 Feb; 17 May – 10 Jun; 16 Sept – 7 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 6 Nov 1764 – 6 Mar; 8 Dec – 8 Apr 1766
Saturn retrograde: 2 Sept 1764 – 15 Jan; 17 Sept – 29 Jan 1766
Uranus retrograde: 30 Jul – 30 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 2 Dec 1764 – 8 May; 4 Dec – 11 May 1766
Pluto retrograde: 9 Apr – 16 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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