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.
- Neptune156 days♊︎ Gemini 25°49′♊︎ Gemini 23°00′
- Mars79 days♎︎ Libra 18°20′♍︎ Virgo 29°48′
- Saturn140 days♏︎ Scorpio 15°43′♏︎ Scorpio 9°03′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 21°43′♓︎ Pisces 8°05′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°20′♑︎ Capricorn 8°22′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 25°01′♓︎ Pisces 22°54′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 26°19′♋︎ Cancer 15°53′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 0°05′♈︎ Aries 20°06′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 24°49′♎︎ Libra 9°07′
- Neptune156 days♊︎ Gemini 28°03′♊︎ Gemini 25°14′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 19°44′♏︎ Scorpio 3°42′
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: 16 Feb – 10 Mar; 19 Jun – 13 Jul; 13 Oct – 2 Nov
Venus retrograde: 9 Sept – 21 Oct
Mars retrograde: 11 Feb – 30 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Aug – 5 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 13 Feb – 3 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 6 Apr – 7 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 19 Sept 1571 – 22 Feb; 21 Sept – 24 Feb 1573
Pluto retrograde: 15 Jun – 27 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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