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.
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 10°50′♋︎ Cancer 6°44′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 11°16′♌︎ Leo 8°52′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 3°01′♑︎ Capricorn 17°01′
- Mars75 days♏︎ Scorpio 25°29′♏︎ Scorpio 9°01′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 26°59′♉︎ Taurus 18°06′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 2°11′♑︎ Capricorn 22°21′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 14°21′♓︎ Pisces 7°38′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 7°46′♈︎ Aries 4°57′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 18°17′♍︎ Virgo 2°07′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 1°26′♍︎ Virgo 16°49′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 15°22′♋︎ Cancer 11°16′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 12°52′♌︎ Leo 10°27′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°03′♑︎ Capricorn 0°49′
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: 7 Jan – 27 Jan; 2 May – 26 May; 2 Sept – 24 Sept; 21 Dec – 11 Jan 1701
Venus retrograde: 12 Aug – 24 Sept
Mars retrograde: 3 Apr – 17 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 20 May – 18 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 25 Jun – 11 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 16 Oct 1699 – 14 Mar; 21 Oct – 19 Mar 1701
Neptune retrograde: 11 Jul – 16 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 12 Nov 1699 – 20 Apr; 13 Nov – 22 Apr 1701
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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