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 24°11′♌︎ Leo 21°23′
- Mars78 days♏︎ Scorpio 3°01′♎︎ Libra 15°00′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 5°56′♓︎ Pisces 23°12′
- Pluto160 days♑︎ Capricorn 1°43′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°05′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 11°54′♌︎ Leo 0°32′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 13°07′♈︎ Aries 9°11′
- Saturn136 days♈︎ Aries 24°37′♈︎ Aries 17°47′
- Jupiter117 days♉︎ Taurus 10°49′♉︎ Taurus 0°49′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 3°08′♏︎ Scorpio 16°59′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 26°23′♌︎ Leo 23°35′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 29°29′♑︎ Capricorn 14°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: 11 Mar – 4 Apr; 14 Jul – 7 Aug; 6 Nov – 26 Nov
Venus retrograde: 22 Dec – 1 Feb 1763
Mars retrograde: 8 Mar – 25 May
Jupiter retrograde: 30 Aug – 26 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 6 Aug – 20 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 18 Jul – 18 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 26 Nov 1761 – 2 May; 28 Nov – 4 May 1763
Pluto retrograde: 3 Apr – 10 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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