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.
- Pluto163 days♊︎ Gemini 28°13′♊︎ Gemini 26°07′
- Neptune157 days♋︎ Cancer 26°24′♋︎ Cancer 23°36′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 16°34′♌︎ Leo 6°32′
- Saturn138 days♎︎ Libra 11°40′♎︎ Libra 4°55′
- Mercury22 days♒︎ Aquarius 29°11′♒︎ Aquarius 14°15′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 0°00′♊︎ Gemini 21°00′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 17°13′♋︎ Cancer 0°43′
- Uranus153 days♓︎ Pisces 22°54′♓︎ Pisces 18°58′
- Pluto163 days♊︎ Gemini 29°20′♊︎ Gemini 27°14′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 27°59′♎︎ Libra 12°19′
- Mars73 days♊︎ Gemini 9°08′♉︎ Taurus 21°59′
- Neptune157 days♋︎ Cancer 28°38′♋︎ Cancer 25°49′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 17°07′♍︎ Virgo 7°08′
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: 25 Jan – 16 Feb; 26 May – 19 Jun; 22 Sept – 13 Oct
Venus retrograde: 1 Jun – 14 Jul
Mars retrograde: 6 Oct – 18 Dec
Jupiter retrograde: 23 Nov 1421 – 24 Mar; 24 Dec – 25 Apr 1423
Saturn retrograde: 11 Jan – 30 May
Uranus retrograde: 19 Jun – 19 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 21 Oct 1421 – 26 Mar; 23 Oct – 29 Mar 1423
Pluto retrograde: 19 Sept 1421 – 1 Mar; 21 Sept – 3 Mar 1423
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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