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.
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 19°57′♈︎ Aries 17°56′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 5°18′♓︎ Pisces 22°25′
- Mars78 days♏︎ Scorpio 6°04′♎︎ Libra 18°07′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°51′♐︎ Sagittarius 10°01′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 3°05′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°28′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 2°15′♉︎ Taurus 15°45′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 17°03′♒︎ Aquarius 14°16′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 24°20′♓︎ Pisces 20°24′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 11°06′♋︎ Cancer 29°54′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 20°57′♈︎ Aries 18°56′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 2°40′♏︎ Scorpio 16°32′
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: 11 Mar – 3 Apr; 14 Jul – 7 Aug; 5 Nov – 25 Nov
Venus retrograde: 23 Apr – 5 Jun
Mars retrograde: 11 Mar – 28 May
Jupiter retrograde: 6 Apr – 6 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 12 Apr – 31 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 29 Jun – 29 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 19 May – 26 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 20 Jul 1840 – 1 Jan; 21 Jul – 2 Jan 1842
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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