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♉︎ Taurus 20°37′♉︎ Taurus 10°38′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 28°38′♊︎ Gemini 24°35′
- Pluto159 days♍︎ Virgo 3°34′♍︎ Virgo 1°04′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°27′♑︎ Capricorn 4°09′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 29°59′♍︎ Virgo 23°08′
- Neptune159 days♏︎ Scorpio 8°32′♏︎ Scorpio 5°46′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 9°56′♈︎ Aries 29°14′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 16°50′♍︎ Virgo 3°44′
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 3°00′♊︎ Gemini 28°57′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 26°30′♊︎ Gemini 16°26′
- Pluto159 days♍︎ Virgo 5°23′♍︎ Virgo 2°52′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 4°38′♐︎ Sagittarius 18°19′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 28°52′♌︎ Leo 9°27′
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: 24 Dec 2450 – 13 Jan; 15 Apr – 8 May; 18 Aug – 10 Sept; 8 Dec – 28 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 29 Dec – 19 Mar 2452
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Sept 2450 – 4 Jan; 15 Oct – 10 Feb 2452
Saturn retrograde: 9 Jan – 25 May
Uranus retrograde: 3 Oct 2450 – 3 Mar; 8 Oct – 6 Mar 2452
Neptune retrograde: 8 Feb – 17 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 4 Dec 2450 – 12 May; 7 Dec – 13 May 2452
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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