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 19°05′♉︎ Taurus 17°06′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 1°07′♌︎ Leo 26°58′
- Saturn137 days♍︎ Virgo 28°34′♍︎ Virgo 21°46′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°52′♑︎ Capricorn 27°08′
- Neptune159 days♎︎ Libra 27°02′♎︎ Libra 24°16′
- Venus42 days♓︎ Pisces 10°54′♒︎ Aquarius 24°54′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 1°18′♏︎ Scorpio 21°26′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 9°17′♊︎ Gemini 0°43′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 20°01′♉︎ Taurus 18°03′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 11°41′♍︎ Virgo 26°35′
- Mars73 days♊︎ Gemini 8°18′♉︎ Taurus 21°28′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 5°53′♍︎ Virgo 1°44′
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: 17 Jan – 7 Feb; 15 May – 8 Jun; 13 Sept – 5 Oct
Venus retrograde: 31 Jan – 14 Mar
Mars retrograde: 14 Oct – 26 Dec
Jupiter retrograde: 17 Mar – 19 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 7 Jan – 24 May
Uranus retrograde: 6 Dec 1626 – 4 May; 11 Dec – 8 May 1628
Neptune retrograde: 28 Jan – 6 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 19 Aug 1626 – 30 Jan; 20 Aug – 1 Feb 1628
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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