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.
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 27°10′♈︎ Aries 25°11′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 17°41′♉︎ Taurus 13°40′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 6°48′♍︎ Virgo 4°00′
- Mars79 days♎︎ Libra 26°59′♎︎ Libra 8°48′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 7°13′♓︎ Pisces 24°48′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 14°54′♐︎ Sagittarius 8°18′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 23°57′♐︎ Sagittarius 14°07′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 13°28′♌︎ Leo 1°49′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 28°09′♈︎ Aries 26°09′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 21°51′♉︎ Taurus 17°51′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 15°30′♍︎ Virgo 29°40′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 4°05′♏︎ Scorpio 17°54′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 8°59′♍︎ Virgo 6°11′
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: 12 Mar – 5 Apr; 15 Jul – 9 Aug; 7 Nov – 27 Nov
Venus retrograde: 9 Sept – 21 Oct
Mars retrograde: 1 Mar – 19 May
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Apr – 10 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 24 Mar – 12 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 23 Aug 1603 – 22 Jan; 27 Aug – 25 Jan 1605
Neptune retrograde: 9 Dec 1603 – 14 May; 10 Dec – 17 May 1605
Pluto retrograde: 28 Jul 1603 – 9 Jan; 28 Jul – 9 Jan 1605
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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