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♌︎ Leo 9°33′♌︎ Leo 5°26′
- Jupiter121 days♍︎ Virgo 1°15′♌︎ Leo 21°14′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 1°57′♌︎ Leo 12°27′
- Neptune159 days♎︎ Libra 25°28′♎︎ Libra 22°42′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 7°36′♒︎ Aquarius 22°50′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 6°25′♓︎ Pisces 20°11′
- Pluto164 days♒︎ Aquarius 20°39′♒︎ Aquarius 18°20′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 9°05′♊︎ Gemini 29°55′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 5°55′♓︎ Pisces 29°06′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 6°25′♎︎ Libra 20°40′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 14°16′♌︎ Leo 10°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: 10 Feb – 5 Mar; 12 Jun – 6 Jul; 8 Oct – 29 Oct
Venus retrograde: 25 Feb – 8 Apr
Mars retrograde: 1 Jan – 23 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 16 Dec 1789 – 17 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 17 Jul – 2 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 14 Nov 1789 – 12 Apr; 19 Nov – 17 Apr 1791
Neptune retrograde: 26 Jan – 4 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 21 May – 1 Nov
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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