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 19°56′♋︎ Cancer 15°49′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 14°30′♌︎ Leo 12°04′
- Venus42 days♉︎ Taurus 1°23′♈︎ Aries 14°59′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 19°37′♈︎ Aries 8°08′
- Mars64 days♑︎ Capricorn 21°30′♑︎ Capricorn 10°06′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 12°15′♈︎ Aries 9°27′
- Saturn137 days♈︎ Aries 9°34′♈︎ Aries 2°46′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 26°24′♌︎ Leo 13°54′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 14°30′♈︎ Aries 4°33′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 24°32′♋︎ Cancer 20°25′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 16°09′♌︎ Leo 13°43′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 15°21′♏︎ Scorpio 29°05′
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: 26 Mar – 18 Apr; 29 Jul – 22 Aug; 19 Nov – 9 Dec
Venus retrograde: 23 Mar – 4 May
Mars retrograde: 8 Jun – 10 Aug
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Aug – 30 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 22 Jul – 6 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 26 Oct 1701 – 24 Mar; 31 Oct – 29 Mar 1703
Neptune retrograde: 16 Jul – 21 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 15 Nov 1701 – 24 Apr; 17 Nov – 26 Apr 1703
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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