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.
- Pluto157 days♏︎ Scorpio 22°46′♏︎ Scorpio 19°58′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 2°17′♓︎ Pisces 19°35′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 17°59′♈︎ Aries 1°38′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 14°58′♑︎ Capricorn 12°12′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 26°04′♒︎ Aquarius 22°09′
- Jupiter120 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°02′♒︎ Aquarius 12°11′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 8°14′♋︎ Cancer 26°51′
- Mars64 days♈︎ Aries 13°19′♈︎ Aries 0°52′
- Saturn134 days♉︎ Taurus 20°56′♉︎ Taurus 14°00′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 29°25′♏︎ Scorpio 13°16′
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: 27 Feb – 22 Mar; 2 Jul – 26 Jul; 24 Oct – 13 Nov
Venus retrograde: 28 Feb – 11 Apr
Mars retrograde: 18 Aug – 21 Oct
Jupiter retrograde: 1 Jun – 29 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 25 Aug – 6 Jan 1500
Uranus retrograde: 22 May – 23 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 8 Apr – 15 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 15 Feb – 22 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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