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.
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 13°56′♎︎ Libra 11°07′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 8°53′♎︎ Libra 29°00′
- Saturn140 days♏︎ Scorpio 18°56′♏︎ Scorpio 12°18′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 12°08′♐︎ Sagittarius 9°22′
- Uranus154 days♐︎ Sagittarius 24°15′♐︎ Sagittarius 20°15′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 5°21′♈︎ Aries 25°26′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 11°39′♌︎ Leo 27°55′
- Mars69 days♉︎ Taurus 9°20′♈︎ Aries 24°35′
- Venus41 days♏︎ Scorpio 21°06′♏︎ Scorpio 5°42′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 28°32′♐︎ Sagittarius 12°14′
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: 1 Apr – 25 Apr; 3 Aug – 27 Aug; 23 Nov – 13 Dec
Venus retrograde: 6 Oct – 16 Nov
Mars retrograde: 9 Sept – 16 Nov
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Feb – 16 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 17 Feb – 7 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 19 Mar – 20 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 4 Mar – 12 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 7 Jan – 11 Jun
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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