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 20°46′♉︎ Taurus 16°46′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 15°36′♋︎ Cancer 26°09′
- Mercury22 days♒︎ Aquarius 24°24′♒︎ Aquarius 9°10′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 23°32′♐︎ Sagittarius 13°42′
- Pluto161 days♑︎ Capricorn 11°49′♑︎ Capricorn 9°16′
- Saturn140 days♒︎ Aquarius 15°14′♒︎ Aquarius 8°35′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 23°51′♊︎ Gemini 15°07′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 3°37′♓︎ Pisces 0°49′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 28°23′♌︎ Leo 12°03′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 24°59′♉︎ Taurus 20°58′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 23°18′♎︎ Libra 7°47′
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: 19 Jan – 10 Feb; 19 May – 12 Jun; 16 Sept – 7 Oct
Venus retrograde: 13 Jul – 25 Aug
Mars retrograde: 6 Dec 1520 – 25 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 31 Mar – 1 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 16 May – 3 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 16 Aug 1520 – 14 Jan; 21 Aug – 19 Jan 1522
Neptune retrograde: 27 May – 2 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 3 Apr – 11 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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