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.
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 24°08′♊︎ Gemini 17°10′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 12°19′♋︎ Cancer 10°09′
- Mars81 days♌︎ Leo 21°17′♌︎ Leo 1°49′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 23°20′♒︎ Aquarius 7°57′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 20°55′♒︎ Aquarius 18°08′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 22°01′♊︎ Gemini 13°23′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 16°02′♈︎ Aries 12°05′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 10°48′♉︎ Taurus 0°48′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 22°17′♎︎ Libra 6°52′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 13°32′♋︎ Cancer 11°21′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 8°23′♋︎ Cancer 1°25′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 7°48′♏︎ Scorpio 22°30′
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: 27 Jan – 18 Feb; 27 May – 20 Jun; 24 Sept – 15 Oct
Venus retrograde: 1 Nov – 12 Dec
Mars retrograde: 21 Dec 1678 – 12 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 30 Aug – 25 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 6 Oct 1678 – 16 Feb; 20 Oct – 2 Mar 1680
Uranus retrograde: 21 Jul – 21 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 23 May – 30 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 12 Oct 1678 – 23 Mar; 14 Oct – 24 Mar 1680
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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