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.
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 26°01′♉︎ Taurus 23°12′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 0°37′♉︎ Taurus 28°38′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 17°47′♋︎ Cancer 28°18′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 10°26′♒︎ Aquarius 26°12′
- Saturn140 days♏︎ Scorpio 10°51′♏︎ Scorpio 4°10′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 1°23′♏︎ Scorpio 27°20′
- Venus43 days♉︎ Taurus 16°51′♉︎ Taurus 0°20′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 13°34′♋︎ Cancer 3°49′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 1°35′♉︎ Taurus 29°36′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 28°16′♉︎ Taurus 25°27′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 0°46′♉︎ Taurus 20°43′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 8°52′♎︎ Libra 22°58′
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: 6 Feb – 28 Feb; 9 Jun – 3 Jul; 4 Oct – 24 Oct
Venus retrograde: 30 Mar – 12 May
Mars retrograde: 10 Dec 1394 – 1 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 11 Sept – 7 Jan 1396
Saturn retrograde: 10 Feb – 30 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 26 Feb – 29 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 21 Aug 1394 – 25 Jan; 24 Aug – 27 Jan 1396
Pluto retrograde: 22 Aug 1394 – 3 Feb; 24 Aug – 4 Feb 1396
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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