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 17°39′♉︎ Taurus 14°50′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 6°37′♑︎ Capricorn 20°45′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 26°45′♍︎ Virgo 7°33′
- Uranus151 days♎︎ Libra 26°58′♎︎ Libra 22°51′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 4°51′♎︎ Libra 24°58′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 1°59′♓︎ Pisces 15°46′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 1°51′♉︎ Taurus 23°11′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 4°37′♓︎ Pisces 2°24′
- Saturn137 days♈︎ Aries 11°42′♈︎ Aries 4°51′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 19°54′♉︎ Taurus 17°04′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 5°16′♍︎ Virgo 20°23′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°36′♑︎ Capricorn 4°25′
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: 1 Jan – 22 Jan; 28 Apr – 22 May; 28 Aug – 19 Sept; 16 Dec – 5 Jan 1556
Venus retrograde: 12 Feb – 26 Mar
Mars retrograde: 18 Jan – 9 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Feb – 12 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 14 Jul – 28 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 21 Jan – 21 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 11 Aug 1554 – 15 Jan; 14 Aug – 18 Jan 1556
Pluto retrograde: 26 May – 6 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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