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.
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 6°27′♊︎ Gemini 4°27′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 9°30′♊︎ Gemini 6°41′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 8°31′♎︎ Libra 28°38′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 20°12′♓︎ Pisces 6°39′
- Uranus154 days♐︎ Sagittarius 27°31′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°31′
- Mars71 days♐︎ Sagittarius 11°52′♏︎ Scorpio 27°20′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 18°48′♑︎ Capricorn 12°11′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 24°55′♋︎ Cancer 14°24′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 1°51′♍︎ Virgo 15°53′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 7°26′♊︎ Gemini 5°25′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 11°45′♊︎ Gemini 8°55′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 18°07′♏︎ Scorpio 2°04′
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: 15 Feb – 10 Mar; 19 Jun – 13 Jul; 13 Oct – 2 Nov
Venus retrograde: 18 Aug – 29 Sept
Mars retrograde: 14 Apr – 24 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 13 Feb – 17 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 19 Apr – 8 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 24 Mar – 24 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 3 Sept 1400 – 7 Feb; 6 Sept – 9 Feb 1402
Pluto retrograde: 28 Aug 1400 – 8 Feb; 29 Aug – 9 Feb 1402
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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