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 9°43′♌︎ Leo 20°13′
- Venus42 days♓︎ Pisces 27°06′♓︎ Pisces 10°59′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 22°40′♓︎ Pisces 8°49′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 5°15′♑︎ Capricorn 2°28′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 7°23′♑︎ Capricorn 3°23′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 26°52′♋︎ Cancer 16°40′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 0°58′♓︎ Pisces 28°53′
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 10°09′♉︎ Taurus 3°16′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 6°34′♉︎ Taurus 26°32′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 20°53′♏︎ Scorpio 4°53′
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: 26 Feb – 21 Mar; 30 Jun – 24 Jul; 24 Oct – 14 Nov
Venus retrograde: 17 Feb – 30 Mar
Mars retrograde: 10 Jan – 1 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Sept – 21 Jan 1823
Saturn retrograde: 22 Aug – 5 Jan 1823
Uranus retrograde: 12 Apr – 12 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 7 Apr – 14 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 1 Jul – 13 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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