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 11°32′♉︎ Taurus 9°34′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 8°14′♊︎ Gemini 1°17′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 23°30′♋︎ Cancer 19°23′
- Neptune159 days♎︎ Libra 9°36′♎︎ Libra 6°49′
- Venus42 days♓︎ Pisces 13°16′♒︎ Aquarius 27°15′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 6°03′♒︎ Aquarius 21°20′
- Mars80 days♎︎ Libra 12°54′♍︎ Virgo 24°07′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 7°44′♊︎ Gemini 28°30′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 14°28′♈︎ Aries 4°31′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 12°28′♉︎ Taurus 10°31′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 22°28′♊︎ Gemini 15°30′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 4°48′♎︎ Libra 19°02′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 28°08′♋︎ Cancer 24°00′
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: 9 Feb – 4 Mar; 12 Jun – 6 Jul; 7 Oct – 28 Oct
Venus retrograde: 3 Feb – 16 Mar
Mars retrograde: 14 Feb – 5 May
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Aug – 30 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 20 Sept 1618 – 1 Feb; 5 Oct – 15 Feb 1620
Uranus retrograde: 29 Oct 1618 – 27 Mar; 3 Nov – 31 Mar 1620
Neptune retrograde: 10 Jan – 18 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 11 Aug 1618 – 23 Jan; 12 Aug – 24 Jan 1620
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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