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.
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°59′♑︎ Capricorn 0°46′
- Pluto157 days♏︎ Scorpio 17°40′♏︎ Scorpio 14°52′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 14°26′♐︎ Sagittarius 4°35′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 10°34′♑︎ Capricorn 7°48′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 8°21′♈︎ Aries 28°38′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 18°03′♒︎ Aquarius 14°08′
- Mars63 days♑︎ Capricorn 24°25′♑︎ Capricorn 13°29′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 4°57′♌︎ Leo 18°42′
- Saturn136 days♈︎ Aries 23°24′♈︎ Aries 16°31′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 14°27′♍︎ Virgo 0°33′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 1°05′♐︎ Sagittarius 14°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: 12 Dec 1496 – 1 Jan; 4 Apr – 28 Apr; 6 Aug – 29 Aug; 26 Nov – 16 Dec
Venus retrograde: 20 Jul – 1 Sept
Mars retrograde: 2 Jun – 3 Aug
Jupiter retrograde: 22 Mar – 23 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 27 Jul – 9 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 13 May – 14 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 3 Apr – 10 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 9 Feb – 16 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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