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.
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 10°12′♎︎ Libra 0°16′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 29°47′♓︎ Pisces 16°29′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 6°55′♐︎ Sagittarius 2°53′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°55′♐︎ Sagittarius 17°09′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°19′♒︎ Aquarius 5°40′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 23°00′♓︎ Pisces 20°52′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 5°00′♋︎ Cancer 24°13′
- Mars66 days♉︎ Taurus 0°46′♈︎ Aries 17°19′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 26°57′♎︎ Libra 11°13′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 27°32′♏︎ Scorpio 11°27′
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: 6 Mar – 29 Mar; 8 Jul – 2 Aug; 1 Nov – 21 Nov
Venus retrograde: 22 Sept – 3 Nov
Mars retrograde: 12 Sept – 18 Nov
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Jan – 28 May
Saturn retrograde: 23 May – 11 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 12 Mar – 12 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 22 Mar – 30 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 23 Jun – 5 Dec
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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