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 21°57′♊︎ Gemini 19°08′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 15°32′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°17′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 23°09′♎︎ Libra 20°20′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 22°25′♈︎ Aries 6°03′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°02′♐︎ Sagittarius 15°01′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 10°41′♐︎ Sagittarius 0°50′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 6°01′♈︎ Aries 25°52′
- Mars61 days♒︎ Aquarius 7°59′♑︎ Capricorn 27°34′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 12°32′♌︎ Leo 28°59′
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 13°48′♉︎ Taurus 6°53′
- Neptune156 days♊︎ Gemini 24°11′♊︎ Gemini 21°22′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 29°40′♐︎ Sagittarius 13°22′
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: 20 Dec 1733 – 9 Jan; 11 Apr – 5 May; 14 Aug – 6 Sept; 4 Dec – 24 Dec
Venus retrograde: 14 Mar – 25 Apr
Mars retrograde: 26 Jun – 26 Aug
Jupiter retrograde: 27 Mar – 28 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 26 Aug – 8 Jan 1735
Uranus retrograde: 24 Mar – 24 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 24 Sept 1733 – 28 Feb; 27 Sept – 2 Mar 1735
Pluto retrograde: 25 Jan – 30 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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