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.
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 7°23′♋︎ Cancer 3°17′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 10°14′♎︎ Libra 7°27′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 14°34′♓︎ Pisces 0°13′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°32′♑︎ Capricorn 5°56′
- Pluto163 days♒︎ Aquarius 10°01′♒︎ Aquarius 7°38′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 2°26′♑︎ Capricorn 22°35′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 17°27′♋︎ Cancer 7°50′
- Mars64 days♈︎ Aries 14°45′♈︎ Aries 2°37′
- Venus42 days♏︎ Scorpio 6°22′♎︎ Libra 20°45′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 13°08′♎︎ Libra 27°15′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 11°53′♋︎ Cancer 7°47′
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: 18 Feb – 12 Mar; 21 Jun – 15 Jul; 16 Oct – 5 Nov
Venus retrograde: 1 Oct – 12 Nov
Mars retrograde: 29 Aug – 31 Oct
Jupiter retrograde: 20 May – 18 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 21 Apr – 10 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 13 Oct 1782 – 11 Mar; 18 Oct – 15 Mar 1784
Neptune retrograde: 11 Jan – 18 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 11 May – 21 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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