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.
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 22°24′♍︎ Virgo 3°02′
- Uranus151 days♏︎ Scorpio 0°21′♎︎ Libra 26°15′
- Saturn140 days♏︎ Scorpio 10°27′♏︎ Scorpio 3°46′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 2°30′♏︎ Scorpio 29°44′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 24°40′♈︎ Aries 13°29′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°10′♒︎ Aquarius 2°19′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 13°25′♓︎ Pisces 11°14′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 1°31′♌︎ Leo 18°46′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 29°17′♎︎ Libra 13°36′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 20°00′♐︎ Sagittarius 3°44′
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: 31 Mar – 24 Apr; 4 Aug – 27 Aug; 24 Nov – 14 Dec
Venus retrograde: 24 Sept – 5 Nov
Mars retrograde: 23 Jan – 14 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 31 May – 29 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 18 Feb – 8 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 4 Feb – 5 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 5 Mar – 12 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 14 Jun – 26 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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