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 29°29′♉︎ Taurus 27°31′
- Uranus151 days♎︎ Libra 23°26′♎︎ Libra 19°19′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 5°12′♎︎ Libra 25°18′
- Neptune160 days♏︎ Scorpio 21°00′♏︎ Scorpio 18°13′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 18°26′♓︎ Pisces 4°29′
- Venus43 days♉︎ Taurus 19°05′♉︎ Taurus 2°36′
- Mars69 days♐︎ Sagittarius 23°01′♐︎ Sagittarius 9°08′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 6°55′♒︎ Aquarius 0°17′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 22°21′♋︎ Cancer 12°16′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 0°27′♉︎ Taurus 28°28′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 16°41′♏︎ Scorpio 0°43′
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: 22 Feb – 16 Mar; 25 Jun – 19 Jul; 20 Oct – 9 Nov
Venus retrograde: 9 Apr – 22 May
Mars retrograde: 5 May – 13 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 18 Feb – 22 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 16 May – 4 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 27 Jan – 27 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 20 Feb – 30 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 29 Aug 1637 – 9 Feb; 30 Aug – 11 Feb 1639
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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