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.
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 18°14′♉︎ Taurus 16°16′
- Saturn134 days♉︎ Taurus 17°39′♉︎ Taurus 10°44′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 1°14′♍︎ Virgo 27°06′
- Mars80 days♎︎ Libra 4°12′♍︎ Virgo 15°17′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 7°44′♒︎ Aquarius 23°20′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 10°25′♋︎ Cancer 0°51′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 27°56′♋︎ Cancer 11°28′
- Neptune157 days♈︎ Aries 29°01′♈︎ Aries 26°12′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 19°16′♈︎ Aries 9°18′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 19°11′♉︎ Taurus 17°13′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 1°47′♉︎ Taurus 24°50′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 6°16′♎︎ Libra 20°24′
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: 3 Feb – 25 Feb; 6 Jun – 30 Jun; 1 Oct – 21 Oct
Venus retrograde: 13 Jun – 26 Jul
Mars retrograde: 27 Jan – 18 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 31 Jul – 26 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 22 Aug 1381 – 3 Jan; 5 Sept – 17 Jan 1383
Uranus retrograde: 28 Dec 1381 – 27 May
Neptune retrograde: 25 Jul – 29 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 9 Aug 1381 – 21 Jan; 11 Aug – 22 Jan 1383
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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