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 22°37′♉︎ Taurus 15°41′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 14°05′♐︎ Sagittarius 27°48′
- Pluto157 days♍︎ Virgo 29°42′♍︎ Virgo 26°58′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 13°33′♎︎ Libra 9°25′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 3°04′♐︎ Sagittarius 0°18′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 6°27′♏︎ Scorpio 26°35′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 3°45′♈︎ Aries 23°09′
- Mars60 days♒︎ Aquarius 21°57′♒︎ Aquarius 11°53′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 10°33′♌︎ Leo 27°21′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 6°31′♉︎ Taurus 29°34′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 28°15′♐︎ Sagittarius 11°57′
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: 19 Dec 1970 – 8 Jan; 9 Apr – 3 May; 12 Aug – 5 Sept; 3 Dec – 22 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 11 Jul – 9 Sept
Jupiter retrograde: 23 Mar – 24 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 4 Sept 1970 – 17 Jan; 19 Sept – 31 Jan 1972
Uranus retrograde: 18 Jan – 17 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 5 Mar – 12 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 1 Jan – 7 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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