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.
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 11°58′♉︎ Taurus 5°03′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 8°45′♋︎ Cancer 6°36′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 13°56′♈︎ Aries 2°00′
- Jupiter121 days♑︎ Capricorn 22°33′♑︎ Capricorn 12°42′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 14°16′♒︎ Aquarius 11°29′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 4°01′♈︎ Aries 0°05′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 20°33′♌︎ Leo 8°26′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 25°01′♍︎ Virgo 8°55′
- Saturn134 days♉︎ Taurus 25°50′♉︎ Taurus 18°54′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 9°56′♋︎ Cancer 7°46′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 10°15′♏︎ Scorpio 24°01′
- Mars78 days♋︎ Cancer 15°25′♊︎ Gemini 26°41′
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: 19 Mar – 11 Apr; 22 Jul – 15 Aug; 13 Nov – 2 Dec
Venus retrograde: 18 Aug – 30 Sept
Mars retrograde: 16 Nov – 2 Feb 1677
Jupiter retrograde: 9 May – 7 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 24 Aug 1675 – 6 Jan; 6 Sept – 19 Jan 1677
Uranus retrograde: 8 Jul – 8 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 16 May – 22 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 9 Oct 1675 – 19 Mar; 9 Oct – 21 Mar 1677
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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