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.
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 13°43′♊︎ Gemini 6°45′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 8°00′♍︎ Virgo 3°51′
- Neptune159 days♏︎ Scorpio 8°32′♏︎ Scorpio 5°46′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 17°15′♓︎ Pisces 3°04′
- Mars68 days♑︎ Capricorn 0°39′♐︎ Sagittarius 17°14′
- Pluto164 days♒︎ Aquarius 29°07′♒︎ Aquarius 26°51′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 20°36′♋︎ Cancer 10°47′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 13°01′♓︎ Pisces 3°08′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 21°57′♌︎ Leo 5°33′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 27°54′♊︎ Gemini 20°56′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 15°43′♎︎ Libra 29°48′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 12°46′♍︎ Virgo 8°37′
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: 21 Feb – 14 Mar; 23 Jun – 17 Jul; 18 Oct – 7 Nov
Venus retrograde: 15 Jul – 27 Aug
Mars retrograde: 13 May – 20 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 1 Jul – 28 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 25 Sept 1795 – 6 Feb; 9 Oct – 20 Feb 1797
Uranus retrograde: 13 Dec 1795 – 10 May; 17 Dec – 15 May 1797
Neptune retrograde: 8 Feb – 16 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 29 May – 9 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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