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 15°22′♌︎ Leo 12°34′
- Mars81 days♌︎ Leo 24°08′♌︎ Leo 4°39′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°49′♒︎ Aquarius 7°22′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 15°35′♓︎ Pisces 29°18′
- Pluto159 days♐︎ Sagittarius 23°02′♐︎ Sagittarius 20°21′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°41′♐︎ Sagittarius 9°50′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 21°05′♊︎ Gemini 12°29′
- Saturn140 days♓︎ Pisces 4°03′♒︎ Aquarius 27°21′
- Uranus153 days♓︎ Pisces 27°10′♓︎ Pisces 23°15′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 21°45′♎︎ Libra 6°23′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 17°34′♌︎ Leo 14°46′
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: 27 Jan – 17 Feb; 26 May – 19 Jun; 23 Sept – 15 Oct
Venus retrograde: 7 Mar – 18 Apr
Mars retrograde: 24 Dec 1757 – 15 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Apr – 6 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 14 Jun – 31 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 2 Jul – 2 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 17 Nov 1757 – 23 Apr; 19 Nov – 25 Apr 1759
Pluto retrograde: 25 Mar – 1 Sept
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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