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♋︎ Cancer 13°42′♋︎ Cancer 10°53′
- Mercury22 days♒︎ Aquarius 28°06′♒︎ Aquarius 13°00′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 14°36′♐︎ Sagittarius 4°45′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 15°07′♒︎ Aquarius 11°11′
- Saturn140 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°54′♒︎ Aquarius 10°15′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 28°11′♊︎ Gemini 19°20′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 3°48′♈︎ Aries 1°44′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 22°29′♎︎ Libra 6°45′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 26°59′♎︎ Libra 11°24′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 15°55′♋︎ Cancer 13°06′
- Mars74 days♊︎ Gemini 15°58′♉︎ Taurus 28°34′
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: 23 Jan – 14 Feb; 23 May – 16 Jun; 19 Sept – 10 Oct
Venus retrograde: 7 Sept – 18 Oct
Mars retrograde: 10 Oct – 23 Dec
Jupiter retrograde: 21 Mar – 22 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 17 May – 4 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 9 May – 11 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 7 Oct 1579 – 12 Mar; 8 Oct – 14 Mar 1581
Pluto retrograde: 23 Jun – 5 Dec
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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