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 21°54′♉︎ Taurus 19°56′
- Mars78 days♋︎ Cancer 21°15′♋︎ Cancer 2°18′
- Uranus150 days♍︎ Virgo 15°25′♍︎ Virgo 11°16′
- Neptune159 days♏︎ Scorpio 3°34′♏︎ Scorpio 0°48′
- Saturn140 days♏︎ Scorpio 5°30′♎︎ Libra 28°48′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 12°51′♈︎ Aries 0°53′
- Venus43 days♉︎ Taurus 21°16′♉︎ Taurus 4°47′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 12°45′♓︎ Pisces 2°52′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 19°25′♌︎ Leo 7°21′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 22°50′♉︎ Taurus 20°52′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 9°12′♏︎ Scorpio 22°58′
- Uranus150 days♍︎ Virgo 20°12′♍︎ Virgo 16°03′
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: 18 Mar – 11 Apr; 22 Jul – 15 Aug; 12 Nov – 2 Dec
Venus retrograde: 12 Apr – 25 May
Mars retrograde: 22 Nov 1629 – 8 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 2 Jul – 29 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 12 Feb – 2 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 20 Dec 1629 – 19 May; 25 Dec – 24 May 1631
Neptune retrograde: 3 Feb – 12 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 21 Aug 1629 – 2 Feb; 22 Aug – 3 Feb 1631
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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