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.
- Saturn138 days♎︎ Libra 10°46′♎︎ Libra 3°58′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 12°35′♈︎ Aries 0°19′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 1°35′♑︎ Capricorn 28°49′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 26°33′♒︎ Aquarius 22°38′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 13°49′♈︎ Aries 11°46′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 19°01′♌︎ Leo 7°12′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 11°42′♊︎ Gemini 1°39′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 9°18′♏︎ Scorpio 23°06′
- Mars78 days♋︎ Cancer 21°32′♋︎ Cancer 2°41′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 7°04′♐︎ Sagittarius 21°46′
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: 19 Mar – 11 Apr; 22 Jul – 15 Aug; 13 Nov – 3 Dec
Venus retrograde: 1 Dec – 11 Jan 1835
Mars retrograde: 23 Nov – 9 Feb 1835
Jupiter retrograde: 30 Sept – 26 Jan 1835
Saturn retrograde: 19 Jan – 6 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 1 Jun – 2 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 4 May – 11 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 14 Jul – 26 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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