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 29°06′♈︎ Aries 27°07′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 26°04′♉︎ Taurus 22°03′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 11°11′♍︎ Virgo 8°23′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 3°24′♒︎ Aquarius 18°32′
- Saturn142 days♑︎ Capricorn 7°28′♑︎ Capricorn 0°52′
- Venus43 days♉︎ Taurus 27°49′♉︎ Taurus 11°18′
- Mars72 days♐︎ Sagittarius 10°41′♏︎ Scorpio 25°41′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 4°33′♊︎ Gemini 25°27′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 2°34′♒︎ Aquarius 22°42′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 0°04′♈︎ Aries 28°05′
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 0°18′♉︎ Taurus 26°17′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 2°12′♎︎ Libra 16°29′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 13°22′♍︎ Virgo 10°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: 7 Feb – 1 Mar; 8 Jun – 2 Jul; 5 Oct – 25 Oct
Venus retrograde: 19 Apr – 1 Jun
Mars retrograde: 21 Apr – 2 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 21 Jun – 19 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 16 Apr – 5 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 1 Sept 1605 – 29 Jan; 5 Sept – 3 Feb 1607
Neptune retrograde: 13 Dec 1605 – 19 May; 15 Dec – 22 May 1607
Pluto retrograde: 29 Jul 1605 – 10 Jan; 30 Jul – 11 Jan 1607
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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