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.
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 9°15′♉︎ Taurus 6°26′
- Pluto158 days♍︎ Virgo 8°25′♍︎ Virgo 5°48′
- Uranus150 days♍︎ Virgo 21°18′♍︎ Virgo 17°09′
- Saturn137 days♍︎ Virgo 24°23′♍︎ Virgo 17°32′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 14°17′♑︎ Capricorn 28°39′
- Mars77 days♏︎ Scorpio 9°04′♎︎ Libra 21°27′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 22°29′♈︎ Aries 11°15′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 29°20′♌︎ Leo 16°38′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 11°30′♉︎ Taurus 8°42′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 26°27′♉︎ Taurus 16°25′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 17°55′♐︎ Sagittarius 1°39′
- Pluto158 days♍︎ Virgo 10°29′♍︎ Virgo 7°51′
- Uranus150 days♍︎ Virgo 26°04′♍︎ Virgo 21°55′
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: 29 Mar – 21 Apr; 1 Aug – 25 Aug; 22 Nov – 12 Dec
Venus retrograde: 6 Jan – 16 Feb
Mars retrograde: 15 Mar – 1 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 15 Sept – 11 Jan 1716
Saturn retrograde: 4 Jan – 20 May
Uranus retrograde: 27 Dec 1714 – 25 May; 31 Dec – 29 May 1716
Neptune retrograde: 12 Aug 1714 – 16 Jan; 15 Aug – 19 Jan 1716
Pluto retrograde: 10 Dec 1714 – 17 May; 13 Dec – 19 May 1716
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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