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.
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 19°08′♒︎ Aquarius 3°42′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 13°07′♎︎ Libra 3°12′
- Pluto157 days♏︎ Scorpio 12°30′♏︎ Scorpio 9°41′
- Mars74 days♏︎ Scorpio 26°01′♏︎ Scorpio 9°54′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 6°11′♑︎ Capricorn 3°25′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 10°00′♒︎ Aquarius 6°04′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 17°28′♊︎ Gemini 8°51′
- Saturn138 days♓︎ Pisces 27°08′♓︎ Pisces 20°20′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 18°02′♎︎ Libra 2°40′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 4°55′♑︎ Capricorn 19°21′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 2°58′♑︎ Capricorn 17°02′
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: 14 Jan – 5 Feb; 14 May – 7 Jun; 11 Sept – 2 Oct; 29 Dec – 19 Jan 1496
Venus retrograde: 18 Dec – 28 Jan 1496
Mars retrograde: 26 Mar – 8 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 18 Jan – 21 May
Saturn retrograde: 30 Jun – 14 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 5 May – 7 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 30 Mar – 6 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 4 Feb – 11 Jul
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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