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.
- Mars77 days♋︎ Cancer 12°28′♊︎ Gemini 23°56′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°03′♑︎ Capricorn 1°41′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 20°42′♍︎ Virgo 13°52′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 11°27′♎︎ Libra 7°19′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 5°53′♍︎ Virgo 25°56′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 10°16′♒︎ Aquarius 25°38′
- Neptune160 days♏︎ Scorpio 23°46′♏︎ Scorpio 21°00′
- Pluto164 days♓︎ Pisces 8°23′♓︎ Pisces 6°10′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 12°16′♋︎ Cancer 2°57′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 9°00′♎︎ Libra 23°13′
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 Feb – 8 Mar; 17 Jun – 11 Jul; 12 Oct – 2 Nov
Venus retrograde: 11 Dec 1802 – 20 Jan
Mars retrograde: 15 Nov 1802 – 31 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 21 Jan – 24 May
Saturn retrograde: 31 Dec 1802 – 17 May
Uranus retrograde: 16 Jan – 15 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 24 Feb – 3 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 9 Jun – 20 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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