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.
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 1°54′♊︎ Gemini 29°48′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 15°31′♋︎ Cancer 5°27′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 3°47′♓︎ Pisces 21°00′
- Venus43 days♉︎ Taurus 10°17′♈︎ Aries 23°49′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 1°00′♑︎ Capricorn 28°13′
- Mars66 days♑︎ Capricorn 6°32′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°54′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 10°12′♓︎ Pisces 6°17′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 7°12′♓︎ Pisces 0°29′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 9°40′♋︎ Cancer 28°22′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 3°01′♋︎ Cancer 0°55′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 1°03′♏︎ Scorpio 14°54′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 17°36′♌︎ Leo 7°34′
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: 9 Mar – 1 Apr; 12 Jul – 5 Aug; 3 Nov – 23 Nov
Venus retrograde: 31 Mar – 13 May
Mars retrograde: 21 May – 26 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 1 Nov 1669 – 1 Mar; 3 Dec – 3 Apr 1671
Saturn retrograde: 17 Jun – 3 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 14 Jun – 15 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 2 May – 10 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 1 Oct 1669 – 13 Mar; 3 Oct – 14 Mar 1671
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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