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 21°57′♈︎ Aries 19°57′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 4°35′♐︎ Sagittarius 19°17′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 1°46′♒︎ Aquarius 16°39′
- Mars70 days♐︎ Sagittarius 21°34′♐︎ Sagittarius 7°11′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 25°48′♑︎ Capricorn 19°12′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 21°29′♒︎ Aquarius 18°42′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 1°49′♊︎ Gemini 22°59′
- Jupiter120 days♒︎ Aquarius 27°30′♒︎ Aquarius 17°39′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 2°16′♓︎ Pisces 28°21′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 22°57′♈︎ Aries 20°57′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 0°42′♎︎ Libra 15°07′
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: 5 Feb – 27 Feb; 6 Jun – 30 Jun; 3 Oct – 24 Oct
Venus retrograde: 28 Nov 1842 – 8 Jan
Mars retrograde: 3 May – 13 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 16 Jun – 14 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 5 May – 24 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 8 Jul – 8 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 24 May – 31 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 22 Jul 1842 – 3 Jan; 24 Jul – 5 Jan 1844
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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