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.
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 8°18′♉︎ Taurus 4°19′
- Jupiter123 days♍︎ Virgo 21°52′♍︎ Virgo 11°54′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 15°17′♈︎ Aries 3°40′
- Pluto161 days♑︎ Capricorn 5°57′♑︎ Capricorn 3°21′
- Saturn142 days♑︎ Capricorn 10°51′♑︎ Capricorn 4°15′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 21°32′♊︎ Gemini 5°00′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 26°56′♒︎ Aquarius 24°08′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 22°00′♌︎ Leo 9°36′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 12°26′♉︎ Taurus 8°27′
- Mars77 days♋︎ Cancer 9°16′♊︎ Gemini 20°39′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 11°11′♏︎ Scorpio 24°56′
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 Mar – 4 Apr; 15 Jul – 8 Aug; 5 Nov – 25 Nov
Venus retrograde: 4 May – 16 Jun
Mars retrograde: 2 Nov – 18 Jan 1519
Jupiter retrograde: 28 Dec 1517 – 29 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 10 Apr – 30 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 4 Aug 1517 – 3 Jan; 8 Aug – 7 Jan 1519
Neptune retrograde: 20 May – 27 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 29 Mar – 6 Sept
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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