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.
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 22°53′♉︎ Taurus 18°52′
- Pluto161 days♋︎ Cancer 25°07′♋︎ Cancer 22°51′
- Saturn139 days♏︎ Scorpio 7°04′♏︎ Scorpio 0°22′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 16°46′♈︎ Aries 5°04′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 13°07′♊︎ Gemini 26°36′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 13°09′♓︎ Pisces 10°21′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 2°26′♒︎ Aquarius 22°34′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 23°29′♌︎ Leo 11°10′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 27°05′♉︎ Taurus 23°05′
- Mars68 days♉︎ Taurus 7°21′♈︎ Aries 23°06′
- Pluto161 days♋︎ Cancer 26°28′♋︎ Cancer 24°12′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 12°48′♏︎ Scorpio 26°33′
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: 22 Mar – 14 Apr; 25 Jul – 18 Aug; 15 Nov – 5 Dec
Venus retrograde: 4 Jun – 17 Jul
Mars retrograde: 16 Sept – 23 Nov
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Jun – 17 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 13 Feb – 3 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 27 Aug 1688 – 25 Jan; 1 Sept – 30 Jan 1690
Neptune retrograde: 15 Jun – 20 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 25 Oct 1688 – 4 Apr; 27 Oct – 6 Apr 1690
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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