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.
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 4°46′♍︎ Virgo 0°37′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°04′♑︎ Capricorn 4°39′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 1°59′♏︎ Scorpio 25°22′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 1°05′♏︎ Scorpio 21°14′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 21°01′♈︎ Aries 9°53′
- Pluto164 days♒︎ Aquarius 19°43′♒︎ Aquarius 17°25′
- Mars65 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°00′♑︎ Capricorn 1°08′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 25°08′♈︎ Aries 22°19′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 27°50′♌︎ Leo 15°03′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 16°18′♐︎ Sagittarius 0°01′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 9°32′♍︎ Virgo 5°24′
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: 17 Mar – 9 Apr; 20 Jul – 13 Aug; 10 Nov – 30 Nov
Venus retrograde: 4 Dec 1543 – 14 Jan
Mars retrograde: 19 May – 23 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 7 Mar – 8 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 1 Mar – 20 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 1 Dec 1543 – 28 Apr; 5 Dec – 3 May 1545
Neptune retrograde: 19 Jul – 23 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 10 May – 21 Oct
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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