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.
- Mercury22 days♒︎ Aquarius 26°29′♒︎ Aquarius 11°09′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 15°47′♐︎ Sagittarius 11°45′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 24°18′♐︎ Sagittarius 21°32′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 10°47′♐︎ Sagittarius 0°56′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 8°45′♉︎ Taurus 22°15′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 25°25′♊︎ Gemini 16°45′
- Saturn140 days♓︎ Pisces 6°00′♒︎ Aquarius 29°18′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 25°19′♓︎ Pisces 23°12′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 25°27′♎︎ Libra 10°00′
- Mars75 days♊︎ Gemini 26°02′♊︎ Gemini 8°18′
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 Jan – 21 Feb; 31 May – 24 Jun; 27 Sept – 19 Oct
Venus retrograde: 30 Apr – 12 Jun
Mars retrograde: 30 Oct – 13 Jan 1818
Jupiter retrograde: 27 Mar – 28 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 16 Jun – 3 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 20 Mar – 21 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 26 Mar – 3 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 25 Jun – 7 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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