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.
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 27°01′♋︎ Cancer 20°03′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 12°33′♌︎ Leo 9°44′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 0°44′♒︎ Aquarius 15°45′
- Jupiter121 days♑︎ Capricorn 22°17′♑︎ Capricorn 12°27′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 1°22′♊︎ Gemini 22°24′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 8°51′♋︎ Cancer 22°24′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 6°56′♈︎ Aries 3°00′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 17°17′♈︎ Aries 15°16′
- Mars61 days♓︎ Pisces 17°50′♓︎ Pisces 7°17′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 29°35′♎︎ Libra 13°56′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 14°45′♌︎ Leo 11°57′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 10°58′♌︎ Leo 4°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: 4 Feb – 26 Feb; 5 Jun – 29 Jun; 2 Oct – 23 Oct
Venus retrograde: 2 Jul – 14 Aug
Mars retrograde: 4 Aug – 4 Oct
Jupiter retrograde: 10 May – 8 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 8 Nov 1592 – 21 Mar; 22 Nov – 5 Apr 1594
Uranus retrograde: 12 Jul – 12 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 14 Nov 1592 – 20 Apr; 17 Nov – 22 Apr 1594
Pluto retrograde: 17 Jul – 29 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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