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.
- Saturn137 days♎︎ Libra 3°35′♍︎ Virgo 26°47′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 16°12′♎︎ Libra 12°05′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 23°52′♒︎ Aquarius 8°25′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 5°47′♎︎ Libra 25°54′
- Neptune160 days♏︎ Scorpio 25°57′♏︎ Scorpio 23°11′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 22°14′♊︎ Gemini 13°38′
- Pluto164 days♓︎ Pisces 9°39′♓︎ Pisces 7°27′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 19°47′♌︎ Leo 3°22′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 22°49′♎︎ Libra 7°27′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 19°06′♋︎ Cancer 29°39′
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: 29 Jan – 19 Feb; 27 May – 20 Jun; 24 Sept – 16 Oct
Venus retrograde: 13 Jul – 25 Aug
Mars retrograde: 20 Dec – 10 Mar 1805
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Feb – 23 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 13 Jan – 29 May
Uranus retrograde: 21 Jan – 19 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 27 Feb – 4 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 9 Jun – 21 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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