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.
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 16°32′♋︎ Cancer 13°44′
- Saturn137 days♎︎ Libra 1°47′♍︎ Virgo 24°59′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 20°11′♒︎ Aquarius 4°39′
- Mars80 days♎︎ Libra 10°29′♍︎ Virgo 21°33′
- Pluto157 days♏︎ Scorpio 21°44′♏︎ Scorpio 18°56′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 14°14′♏︎ Scorpio 4°21′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 5°14′♒︎ Aquarius 1°18′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 28°07′♊︎ Gemini 11°36′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 17°54′♊︎ Gemini 9°20′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 19°07′♎︎ Libra 3°50′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 18°46′♋︎ Cancer 15°57′
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: 24 Jan – 14 Feb; 23 May – 16 Jun; 20 Sept – 12 Oct
Venus retrograde: 20 May – 2 Jul
Mars retrograde: 11 Feb – 2 May
Jupiter retrograde: 27 Feb – 1 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 10 Jan – 27 May
Uranus retrograde: 9 May – 10 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 19 Oct 1744 – 24 Mar; 21 Oct – 27 Mar 1746
Pluto retrograde: 22 Feb – 29 Jul
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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