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.
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 2°24′♉︎ Taurus 28°23′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 22°44′♍︎ Virgo 19°56′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 14°38′♌︎ Leo 25°11′
- Saturn138 days♎︎ Libra 8°52′♎︎ Libra 2°04′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 8°43′♓︎ Pisces 26°12′
- Pluto162 days♑︎ Capricorn 26°42′♑︎ Capricorn 24°13′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 14°55′♌︎ Leo 3°21′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 6°41′♊︎ Gemini 2°39′
- Venus42 days♏︎ Scorpio 8°44′♎︎ Libra 23°09′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 21°41′♊︎ Gemini 11°37′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 5°42′♏︎ Scorpio 19°31′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 24°55′♍︎ Virgo 22°07′
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: 14 Mar – 7 Apr; 17 Jul – 10 Aug; 9 Nov – 29 Nov
Venus retrograde: 3 Oct – 14 Nov
Mars retrograde: 14 Jan – 6 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Oct – 5 Feb 1776
Saturn retrograde: 17 Jan – 4 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 7 Sept 1774 – 5 Feb; 12 Sept – 9 Feb 1776
Neptune retrograde: 24 Dec 1774 – 31 May; 27 Dec – 2 Jun 1776
Pluto retrograde: 27 Apr – 7 Oct
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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