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 12°05′♊︎ Gemini 10°05′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 14°32′♋︎ Cancer 7°34′
- Venus41 days♓︎ Pisces 3°43′♒︎ Aquarius 17°50′
- Mars79 days♎︎ Libra 21°17′♎︎ Libra 2°48′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 21°08′♓︎ Pisces 7°22′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°19′♐︎ Sagittarius 16°33′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 10°21′♐︎ Sagittarius 0°30′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 22°11′♐︎ Sagittarius 18°11′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 25°28′♋︎ Cancer 15°11′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 13°05′♊︎ Gemini 11°04′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 19°15′♏︎ Scorpio 3°15′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 28°39′♋︎ Cancer 21°42′
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: 24 Feb – 19 Mar; 28 Jun – 23 Jul; 22 Oct – 12 Nov
Venus retrograde: 24 Jan – 7 Mar
Mars retrograde: 23 Feb – 13 May
Jupiter retrograde: 27 Mar – 28 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 26 Oct 1650 – 9 Mar; 9 Nov – 22 Mar 1652
Uranus retrograde: 27 Mar – 27 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 21 Mar – 28 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 11 Sept 1650 – 22 Feb; 12 Sept – 23 Feb 1652
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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