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 27°35′♉︎ Taurus 25°37′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 5°11′♌︎ Leo 25°11′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 14°00′♎︎ Libra 9°52′
- Neptune160 days♏︎ Scorpio 16°38′♏︎ Scorpio 13°52′
- Mars78 days♏︎ Scorpio 5°58′♎︎ Libra 18°14′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 23°12′♈︎ Aries 12°07′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 14°06′♑︎ Capricorn 7°29′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 0°01′♌︎ Leo 17°11′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 28°32′♉︎ Taurus 26°34′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 6°19′♍︎ Virgo 20°22′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 18°23′♐︎ Sagittarius 2°07′
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: 28 Mar – 21 Apr; 1 Aug – 24 Aug; 21 Nov – 11 Dec
Venus retrograde: 30 Aug – 12 Oct
Mars retrograde: 11 Mar – 28 May
Jupiter retrograde: 21 Dec 1635 – 20 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 22 Apr – 11 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 18 Jan – 16 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 17 Feb – 25 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 27 Aug 1635 – 8 Feb; 28 Aug – 8 Feb 1637
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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