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.
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 12°26′♉︎ Taurus 8°27′
- Mars77 days♋︎ Cancer 9°16′♊︎ Gemini 20°39′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 21°46′♎︎ Libra 11°51′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 27°49′♓︎ Pisces 14°43′
- Pluto161 days♑︎ Capricorn 7°56′♑︎ Capricorn 5°21′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 22°10′♑︎ Capricorn 15°33′
- Neptune159 days♒︎ Aquarius 29°09′♒︎ Aquarius 26°22′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 3°17′♋︎ Cancer 22°17′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 16°36′♉︎ Taurus 12°35′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 25°21′♏︎ Scorpio 9°14′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°30′♑︎ Capricorn 12°01′
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: 22 Feb – 17 Mar; 27 Jun – 21 Jul; 20 Oct – 9 Nov
Venus retrograde: 11 Dec – 21 Jan 1520
Mars retrograde: 2 Nov 1518 – 18 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 27 Jan – 30 May
Saturn retrograde: 22 Apr – 11 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 8 Aug 1518 – 7 Jan; 13 Aug – 11 Jan 1520
Neptune retrograde: 23 May – 29 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 31 Mar – 8 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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