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 18°07′♊︎ Gemini 16°05′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 6°33′♉︎ Taurus 26°29′
- Saturn137 days♎︎ Libra 5°30′♍︎ Virgo 28°42′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 1°01′♓︎ Pisces 18°01′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 2°27′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°40′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°39′♑︎ Capricorn 13°41′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 21°41′♋︎ Cancer 5°11′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 6°39′♋︎ Cancer 25°33′
- Mars65 days♈︎ Aries 22°11′♈︎ Aries 9°13′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 19°08′♊︎ Gemini 17°07′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 10°51′♋︎ Cancer 0°47′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 28°29′♏︎ Scorpio 12°22′
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: 6 Mar – 29 Mar; 9 Jul – 2 Aug; 1 Nov – 21 Nov
Venus retrograde: 13 Jun – 27 Jul
Mars retrograde: 3 Sept – 8 Nov
Jupiter retrograde: 24 Sept 1656 – 20 Jan; 28 Oct – 24 Feb 1658
Saturn retrograde: 13 Jan – 31 May
Uranus retrograde: 21 Apr – 22 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 3 Apr – 10 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 17 Sept 1656 – 28 Feb; 18 Sept – 1 Mar 1658
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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