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.
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 10°07′♊︎ Gemini 8°07′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 16°05′♊︎ Gemini 9°08′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 16°45′♌︎ Leo 27°21′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 9°33′♍︎ Virgo 29°36′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 14°57′♐︎ Sagittarius 12°11′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 13°28′♐︎ Sagittarius 9°27′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 26°06′♈︎ Aries 15°15′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 23°48′♋︎ Cancer 7°18′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 2°54′♌︎ Leo 19°53′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 11°06′♊︎ Gemini 9°06′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 0°19′♊︎ Gemini 23°21′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 20°57′♐︎ Sagittarius 4°39′
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: 31 Mar – 24 Apr; 4 Aug – 27 Aug; 24 Nov – 14 Dec
Venus retrograde: 16 Jun – 29 Jul
Mars retrograde: 16 Jan – 7 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 23 Jan – 26 May
Saturn retrograde: 27 Sept 1648 – 8 Feb; 12 Oct – 22 Feb 1650
Uranus retrograde: 17 Mar – 18 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 16 Mar – 23 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 9 Sept 1648 – 20 Feb; 10 Sept – 21 Feb 1650
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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