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.
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 13°09′♉︎ Taurus 10°20′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 4°41′♌︎ Leo 24°41′
- Mars81 days♌︎ Leo 23°28′♌︎ Leo 3°58′
- Uranus151 days♎︎ Libra 17°34′♎︎ Libra 13°27′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 9°17′♒︎ Aquarius 24°49′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 2°02′♒︎ Aquarius 29°48′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 11°47′♋︎ Cancer 2°17′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 16°08′♓︎ Pisces 9°23′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 19°39′♌︎ Leo 3°17′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 15°24′♉︎ Taurus 12°35′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 7°53′♎︎ Libra 22°02′
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: 3 Feb – 25 Feb; 5 Jun – 30 Jun; 1 Oct – 21 Oct
Venus retrograde: 4 Jul – 16 Aug
Mars retrograde: 14 Dec 1552 – 5 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Dec 1552 – 11 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 17 Jun – 3 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 11 Jan – 11 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 6 Aug 1552 – 10 Jan; 9 Aug – 13 Jan 1554
Pluto retrograde: 23 May – 3 Nov
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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