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 19°33′♑︎ Capricorn 3°23′
- Saturn138 days♎︎ Libra 8°10′♎︎ Libra 1°23′
- Mars77 days♏︎ Scorpio 9°07′♎︎ Libra 21°43′
- Pluto159 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°03′♐︎ Sagittarius 16°22′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 11°23′♉︎ Taurus 1°50′
- Jupiter121 days♑︎ Capricorn 21°56′♑︎ Capricorn 12°06′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 9°12′♒︎ Aquarius 6°25′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 23°41′♊︎ Gemini 7°09′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 9°52′♈︎ Aries 5°56′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 17°14′♍︎ Virgo 3°11′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 3°39′♐︎ Sagittarius 17°22′
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: 15 Dec 1509 – 4 Jan; 7 Apr – 1 May; 9 Aug – 1 Sept; 29 Nov – 19 Dec
Venus retrograde: 6 May – 19 Jun
Mars retrograde: 6 Mar – 22 May
Jupiter retrograde: 30 Apr – 30 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 7 Jan – 25 May
Uranus retrograde: 6 Jul – 6 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 2 May – 9 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 12 Mar – 19 Aug
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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