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♊︎ Gemini 3°59′♊︎ Gemini 1°10′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 16°13′♋︎ Cancer 26°47′
- Pluto157 days♎︎ Libra 3°03′♎︎ Libra 0°17′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 8°12′♑︎ Capricorn 22°18′
- Uranus152 days♏︎ Scorpio 13°11′♏︎ Scorpio 9°06′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 24°40′♈︎ Aries 8°17′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 3°13′♉︎ Taurus 24°32′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 3°34′♑︎ Capricorn 26°56′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 25°10′♈︎ Aries 15°12′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 6°50′♍︎ Virgo 22°00′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 6°14′♊︎ Gemini 3°25′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 22°12′♑︎ Capricorn 6°00′
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: 12 Jan – 2 Feb; 9 May – 1 Jun; 8 Sept – 30 Sept; 27 Dec – 16 Jan 1727
Venus retrograde: 16 Mar – 27 Apr
Mars retrograde: 17 Dec 1725 – 7 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 15 Aug – 10 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 13 May – 1 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 16 Feb – 18 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 6 Sept 1725 – 10 Feb; 9 Sept – 12 Feb 1727
Pluto retrograde: 5 Jan – 10 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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