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 23°17′♊︎ Gemini 21°14′
- Mars79 days♋︎ Cancer 29°51′♋︎ Cancer 10°41′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 9°21′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°04′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 13°56′♏︎ Scorpio 4°04′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 5°08′♏︎ Scorpio 28°30′
- Venus43 days♉︎ Taurus 12°29′♈︎ Aries 26°02′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 29°01′♈︎ Aries 18°24′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°23′♑︎ Capricorn 10°37′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 8°09′♒︎ Aquarius 4°12′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 5°46′♌︎ Leo 22°34′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 24°20′♊︎ Gemini 22°16′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 23°30′♐︎ Sagittarius 7°13′
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: 13 Dec 1661 – 2 Jan; 4 Apr – 27 Apr; 7 Aug – 30 Aug; 27 Nov – 17 Dec
Venus retrograde: 3 Apr – 15 May
Mars retrograde: 30 Nov 1661 – 17 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 27 Feb – 30 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 14 Mar – 2 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 12 May – 13 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 14 Apr – 22 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 22 Sept 1661 – 5 Mar; 24 Sept – 6 Mar 1663
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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