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.
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 25°58′♋︎ Cancer 21°51′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 7°28′♌︎ Leo 5°04′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 2°25′♍︎ Virgo 29°38′
- Saturn139 days♎︎ Libra 18°51′♎︎ Libra 12°07′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 18°51′♈︎ Aries 7°39′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 7°17′♒︎ Aquarius 27°24′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 25°39′♌︎ Leo 12°55′
- Mars66 days♈︎ Aries 24°48′♈︎ Aries 11°17′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 0°52′♏︎ Scorpio 15°32′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 0°37′♋︎ Cancer 26°29′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 9°04′♌︎ Leo 6°39′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 14°13′♏︎ Scorpio 27°57′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 4°36′♎︎ Libra 1°49′
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 Mar – 8 Apr; 19 Jul – 11 Aug; 8 Nov – 28 Nov
Venus retrograde: 16 Oct – 26 Nov
Mars retrograde: 27 Aug – 2 Nov
Jupiter retrograde: 17 Jun – 14 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 19 Jan – 5 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 23 Oct 1451 – 20 Mar; 27 Oct – 25 Mar 1453
Neptune retrograde: 26 Dec 1451 – 1 Jun; 27 Dec – 3 Jun 1453
Pluto retrograde: 31 Oct 1451 – 7 Apr; 1 Nov – 9 Apr 1453
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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