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.
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 7°23′♑︎ Capricorn 21°47′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 24°16′♎︎ Libra 21°27′
- Mercury22 days♒︎ Aquarius 26°00′♒︎ Aquarius 10°51′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 20°53′♐︎ Sagittarius 18°07′
- Saturn142 days♑︎ Capricorn 4°16′♐︎ Sagittarius 27°40′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 11°15′♑︎ Capricorn 7°17′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 25°55′♊︎ Gemini 17°06′
- Jupiter118 days♓︎ Pisces 23°11′♓︎ Pisces 13°17′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 24°53′♎︎ Libra 9°18′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 7°35′♋︎ Cancer 18°13′
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: 22 Jan – 12 Feb; 21 May – 14 Jun; 17 Sept – 8 Oct
Venus retrograde: 21 Dec 1487 – 31 Jan
Mars retrograde: 29 Nov – 17 Feb 1489
Jupiter retrograde: 3 Jul – 30 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 3 Apr – 23 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 6 Apr – 7 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 13 Mar – 21 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 17 Jan – 22 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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