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 29°29′♉︎ Taurus 26°40′
- Mars77 days♋︎ Cancer 9°18′♊︎ Gemini 20°50′
- Pluto157 days♍︎ Virgo 28°17′♍︎ Virgo 25°32′
- Uranus151 days♏︎ Scorpio 3°56′♎︎ Libra 29°50′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 10°50′♒︎ Aquarius 26°18′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 10°46′♑︎ Capricorn 4°10′
- Jupiter120 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°20′♒︎ Aquarius 2°30′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 13°10′♋︎ Cancer 3°44′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 11°38′♌︎ Leo 25°24′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 1°44′♉︎ Taurus 28°55′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 9°29′♎︎ Libra 23°40′
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: 15 Feb – 8 Mar; 16 Jun – 10 Jul; 12 Oct – 1 Nov
Venus retrograde: 5 Aug – 17 Sept
Mars retrograde: 12 Nov 1723 – 28 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 30 May – 28 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 19 Apr – 8 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 7 Feb – 8 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 2 Sept 1723 – 6 Feb; 4 Sept – 7 Feb 1725
Pluto retrograde: 31 Dec 1723 – 5 Jun
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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