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.
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 7°35′♋︎ Cancer 18°13′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 9°44′♑︎ Capricorn 23°58′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 26°52′♎︎ Libra 24°03′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 23°04′♐︎ Sagittarius 20°18′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 15°26′♑︎ Capricorn 11°28′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 15°34′♑︎ Capricorn 8°58′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 5°54′♉︎ Taurus 27°20′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 7°11′♌︎ Leo 20°57′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 29°59′♈︎ Aries 20°00′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 8°30′♍︎ Virgo 23°27′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 23°40′♑︎ Capricorn 7°33′
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: 4 Jan – 25 Jan; 2 May – 26 May; 31 Aug – 22 Sept; 19 Dec – 9 Jan 1490
Venus retrograde: 23 Jul – 3 Sept
Mars retrograde: 29 Nov 1488 – 17 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Aug – 6 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 15 Apr – 4 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 10 Apr – 11 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 16 Mar – 23 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 19 Jan – 25 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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