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♉︎ Taurus 9°38′♉︎ Taurus 7°40′
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 10°14′♉︎ Taurus 3°20′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 14°21′♋︎ Cancer 10°15′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 5°15′♎︎ Libra 2°28′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 9°00′♌︎ Leo 19°32′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 10°02′♓︎ Pisces 27°50′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 2°13′♑︎ Capricorn 22°23′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 2°23′♋︎ Cancer 15°56′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 16°28′♌︎ Leo 4°35′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 10°35′♉︎ Taurus 8°37′
- Saturn134 days♉︎ Taurus 24°08′♉︎ Taurus 17°11′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 18°55′♋︎ Cancer 14°48′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 6°39′♏︎ Scorpio 20°26′
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: 15 Mar – 8 Apr; 19 Jul – 12 Aug; 9 Nov – 29 Nov
Venus retrograde: 25 Jun – 7 Aug
Mars retrograde: 8 Jan – 31 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 20 May – 18 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 22 Aug 1616 – 4 Jan; 5 Sept – 18 Jan 1618
Uranus retrograde: 20 Oct 1616 – 18 Mar; 24 Oct – 23 Mar 1618
Neptune retrograde: 6 Jan – 13 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 9 Aug 1616 – 20 Jan; 10 Aug – 22 Jan 1618
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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