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 17°12′♉︎ Taurus 15°14′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 21°36′♌︎ Leo 17°28′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 2°23′♌︎ Leo 25°30′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 0°55′♍︎ Virgo 20°58′
- Neptune159 days♎︎ Libra 22°40′♎︎ Libra 19°54′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 15°43′♓︎ Pisces 1°36′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 19°13′♋︎ Cancer 9°20′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 0°15′♋︎ Cancer 13°46′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 18°08′♉︎ Taurus 16°10′
- Mars63 days♈︎ Aries 5°33′♓︎ Pisces 23°54′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 14°06′♎︎ Libra 28°10′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 26°21′♌︎ Leo 22°13′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 15°38′♍︎ Virgo 8°48′
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: 19 Feb – 13 Mar; 22 Jun – 16 Jul; 17 Oct – 6 Nov
Venus retrograde: 23 Jun – 5 Aug
Mars retrograde: 20 Aug – 22 Oct
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Jan – 17 May
Saturn retrograde: 12 Dec 1624 – 26 Apr; 25 Dec – 11 May 1626
Uranus retrograde: 26 Nov 1624 – 24 Apr; 1 Dec – 29 Apr 1626
Neptune retrograde: 23 Jan – 1 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 16 Aug 1624 – 28 Jan; 17 Aug – 29 Jan 1626
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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