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.
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 25°53′♉︎ Taurus 15°51′
- Pluto158 days♍︎ Virgo 4°29′♍︎ Virgo 1°52′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 7°00′♎︎ Libra 2°52′
- Neptune160 days♏︎ Scorpio 5°06′♏︎ Scorpio 2°20′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 16°53′♓︎ Pisces 3°01′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 26°58′♈︎ Aries 10°33′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 20°58′♋︎ Cancer 10°48′
- Saturn136 days♈︎ Aries 15°49′♈︎ Aries 8°58′
- Mars62 days♓︎ Pisces 26°17′♓︎ Pisces 15°04′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 15°04′♎︎ Libra 29°05′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 0°37′♊︎ Gemini 20°32′
- Pluto158 days♍︎ Virgo 6°33′♍︎ Virgo 3°55′
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: 12 Feb – 6 Mar; 15 Jun – 10 Jul; 10 Oct – 30 Oct
Venus retrograde: 9 Mar – 21 Apr
Mars retrograde: 3 Aug – 4 Oct
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Sept 1466 – 1 Jan; 10 Oct – 5 Feb 1468
Saturn retrograde: 19 Jul – 3 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 2 Jan – 1 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 27 Jan – 5 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 27 Nov 1466 – 4 May; 30 Nov – 5 May 1468
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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