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.
- Mars76 days♊︎ Gemini 29°48′♊︎ Gemini 11°34′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 21°40′♎︎ Libra 18°51′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 12°33′♒︎ Aquarius 28°22′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 18°42′♐︎ Sagittarius 15°56′
- Saturn142 days♐︎ Sagittarius 23°01′♐︎ Sagittarius 16°25′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 7°03′♑︎ Capricorn 3°05′
- Jupiter120 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°59′♒︎ Aquarius 7°08′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 15°50′♋︎ Cancer 6°01′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 10°57′♎︎ Libra 25°02′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 7°23′♑︎ Capricorn 21°47′
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: 7 Feb – 2 Mar; 10 Jun – 4 Jul; 5 Oct – 25 Oct
Venus retrograde: 21 Dec – 31 Jan 1488
Mars retrograde: 24 Oct 1486 – 8 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 27 May – 24 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 23 Mar – 12 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 2 Apr – 3 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 12 Mar – 19 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 15 Jan – 20 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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