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♌︎ Leo 10°57′♌︎ Leo 8°09′
- Mars78 days♋︎ Cancer 18°30′♊︎ Gemini 29°43′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 18°33′♎︎ Libra 8°38′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 25°59′♓︎ Pisces 12°27′
- Pluto159 days♐︎ Sagittarius 18°31′♐︎ Sagittarius 15°49′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 10°26′♒︎ Aquarius 3°47′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 19°15′♓︎ Pisces 15°19′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 0°48′♋︎ Cancer 20°15′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 2°50′♌︎ Leo 16°31′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 23°55′♏︎ Scorpio 7°52′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 13°10′♌︎ Leo 10°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: 1 Mar – 24 Mar; 3 Jul – 27 Jul; 27 Oct – 16 Nov
Venus retrograde: 27 Jul – 7 Sept
Mars retrograde: 20 Nov 1755 – 6 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 2 Feb – 4 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 20 May – 7 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 23 Jun – 24 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 13 Nov 1755 – 18 Apr; 14 Nov – 20 Apr 1757
Pluto retrograde: 20 Mar – 26 Aug
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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