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.
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 20°16′♋︎ Cancer 13°19′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 14°24′♏︎ Scorpio 4°31′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 2°32′♓︎ Pisces 19°26′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 18°23′♑︎ Capricorn 15°36′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 2°19′♑︎ Capricorn 28°22′
- Mars65 days♑︎ Capricorn 14°44′♑︎ Capricorn 2°34′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 13°18′♋︎ Cancer 26°52′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 7°30′♈︎ Aries 5°26′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 8°04′♋︎ Cancer 27°04′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 0°06′♏︎ Scorpio 13°59′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 4°19′♋︎ Cancer 27°21′
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: 8 Mar – 31 Mar; 11 Jul – 4 Aug; 3 Nov – 23 Nov
Venus retrograde: 6 Jul – 19 Aug
Mars retrograde: 30 May – 3 Aug
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Feb – 1 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 2 Nov 1827 – 15 Mar; 15 Nov – 29 Mar 1829
Uranus retrograde: 6 May – 8 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 20 Apr – 27 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 7 Jul – 19 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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