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♋︎ Cancer 24°48′♋︎ Cancer 22°00′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 1°15′♌︎ Leo 11°45′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 24°27′♓︎ Pisces 11°01′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 5°09′♓︎ Pisces 1°13′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 29°24′♋︎ Cancer 18°46′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 11°01′♋︎ Cancer 24°34′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 9°06′♈︎ Aries 7°03′
- Saturn136 days♈︎ Aries 19°08′♈︎ Aries 12°17′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 11°22′♊︎ Gemini 1°18′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 22°18′♏︎ Scorpio 6°14′
- Neptune157 days♋︎ Cancer 27°02′♋︎ Cancer 24°13′
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: 28 Feb – 23 Mar; 2 Jul – 26 Jul; 26 Oct – 15 Nov
Venus retrograde: 4 Jul – 16 Aug
Mars retrograde: 1 Jan – 23 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Sept – 25 Jan 1586
Saturn retrograde: 31 Jul – 15 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 9 Jun – 10 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 27 Oct 1584 – 2 Apr; 30 Oct – 4 Apr 1586
Pluto retrograde: 9 Jul – 21 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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