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.
- Mars75 days♊︎ Gemini 26°02′♊︎ Gemini 8°18′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 10°18′♑︎ Capricorn 24°25′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 20°10′♐︎ Sagittarius 16°09′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 26°29′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°43′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°58′♑︎ Capricorn 3°08′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 5°28′♉︎ Taurus 26°48′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 26°27′♓︎ Pisces 24°21′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 18°13′♓︎ Pisces 11°29′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 8°58′♍︎ Virgo 24°06′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°04′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°43′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 24°17′♑︎ Capricorn 8°06′
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: 15 Jan – 4 Feb; 11 May – 4 Jun; 10 Sept – 2 Oct; 29 Dec – 19 Jan 1819
Venus retrograde: 6 Dec – 15 Jan 1819
Mars retrograde: 30 Oct 1817 – 13 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 30 Apr – 30 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 29 Jun – 15 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 25 Mar – 25 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 29 Mar – 5 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 27 Jun – 9 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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