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 6°07′♉︎ Taurus 26°05′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 11°53′♑︎ Capricorn 25°58′
- Pluto157 days♏︎ Scorpio 15°11′♏︎ Scorpio 12°21′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 5°20′♑︎ Capricorn 1°20′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°23′♑︎ Capricorn 9°36′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°55′♑︎ Capricorn 7°18′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 6°51′♉︎ Taurus 28°09′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 10°33′♍︎ Virgo 25°44′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 10°52′♋︎ Cancer 0°48′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 6°25′♑︎ Capricorn 20°55′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 25°53′♑︎ Capricorn 9°41′
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: 16 Jan – 5 Feb; 12 May – 5 Jun; 11 Sept – 3 Oct; 30 Dec – 20 Jan 1990
Venus retrograde: 29 Dec – 8 Feb 1990
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 24 Sept 1988 – 20 Jan; 29 Oct – 24 Feb 1990
Saturn retrograde: 22 Apr – 11 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 9 Apr – 10 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 13 Apr – 21 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 16 Feb – 23 Jul
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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