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.
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 2°27′♉︎ Taurus 28°25′
- Pluto161 days♋︎ Cancer 20°00′♋︎ Cancer 17°45′
- Mars77 days♋︎ Cancer 6°09′♊︎ Gemini 17°35′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 6°08′♍︎ Virgo 3°20′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°03′♒︎ Aquarius 6°16′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 28°26′♓︎ Pisces 15°30′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 2°12′♒︎ Aquarius 22°20′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 4°06′♋︎ Cancer 22°57′
- Saturn134 days♉︎ Taurus 19°20′♉︎ Taurus 12°24′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 6°44′♊︎ Gemini 2°42′
- Pluto161 days♋︎ Cancer 21°21′♋︎ Cancer 19°05′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 25°49′♏︎ Scorpio 9°41′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 8°19′♍︎ Virgo 5°31′
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 Feb – 18 Mar; 28 Jun – 22 Jul; 20 Oct – 9 Nov
Venus retrograde: 4 Jan – 15 Feb
Mars retrograde: 31 Oct 1439 – 16 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 12 Jun – 9 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 23 Aug – 4 Jan 1441
Uranus retrograde: 30 Aug 1439 – 27 Jan; 3 Sept – 31 Jan 1441
Neptune retrograde: 29 Nov 1439 – 5 May; 1 Dec – 8 May 1441
Pluto retrograde: 12 Oct 1439 – 22 Mar; 13 Oct – 23 Mar 1441
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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