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 16°36′♉︎ Taurus 12°35′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°30′♑︎ Capricorn 12°01′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 10°54′♒︎ Aquarius 26°35′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 22°03′♏︎ Scorpio 12°11′
- Pluto161 days♑︎ Capricorn 9°53′♑︎ Capricorn 7°19′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 3°37′♑︎ Capricorn 26°59′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 1°23′♒︎ Aquarius 28°35′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 13°49′♋︎ Cancer 4°10′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 20°46′♉︎ Taurus 16°46′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 9°25′♎︎ Libra 23°32′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 15°36′♋︎ Cancer 26°09′
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: 5 Feb – 28 Feb; 7 Jun – 2 Jul; 2 Oct – 23 Oct
Venus retrograde: 11 Dec 1519 – 21 Jan
Mars retrograde: 6 Dec – 25 Feb 1521
Jupiter retrograde: 27 Feb – 29 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 3 May – 21 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 13 Aug 1519 – 11 Jan; 16 Aug – 14 Jan 1521
Neptune retrograde: 24 May – 31 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 1 Apr – 9 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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