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 29°13′♉︎ Taurus 25°12′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 22°08′♑︎ Capricorn 5°59′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 18°54′♌︎ Leo 29°34′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 11°11′♓︎ Pisces 24°52′
- Pluto161 days♑︎ Capricorn 15°36′♑︎ Capricorn 13°04′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 14°24′♉︎ Taurus 5°02′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 8°05′♓︎ Pisces 5°17′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 9°12′♓︎ Pisces 2°29′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 2°17′♒︎ Aquarius 22°25′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 20°00′♍︎ Virgo 5°49′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 3°29′♉︎ Taurus 29°27′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 6°13′♐︎ Sagittarius 19°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: 18 Dec 1522 – 7 Jan; 10 Apr – 4 May; 12 Aug – 4 Sept; 1 Dec – 21 Dec
Venus retrograde: 21 Feb – 4 Apr
Mars retrograde: 10 Jan – 1 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 12 Jun – 9 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 10 Jun – 27 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 26 Aug 1522 – 23 Jan; 30 Aug – 28 Jan 1524
Neptune retrograde: 1 Jun – 7 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 7 Apr – 16 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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