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.
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 15°55′♋︎ Cancer 5°51′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 8°39′♒︎ Aquarius 23°54′
- Saturn139 days♏︎ Scorpio 5°16′♎︎ Libra 28°33′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 6°00′♒︎ Aquarius 3°13′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 4°31′♓︎ Pisces 0°36′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 10°13′♋︎ Cancer 1°02′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 11°09′♋︎ Cancer 24°42′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 15°53′♈︎ Aries 13°51′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 7°27′♎︎ Libra 21°43′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 18°07′♌︎ Leo 8°04′
- Mars81 days♌︎ Leo 26°58′♌︎ Leo 7°29′
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: 13 Feb – 6 Mar; 14 Jun – 8 Jul; 10 Oct – 30 Oct
Venus retrograde: 4 Jul – 16 Aug
Mars retrograde: 27 Dec – 18 Mar 1837
Jupiter retrograde: 3 Nov 1835 – 1 Mar; 4 Dec – 4 Apr 1837
Saturn retrograde: 13 Feb – 1 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 8 Jun – 9 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 8 May – 15 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 16 Jul – 28 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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