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 25°56′♈︎ Aries 23°56′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 16°39′♊︎ Gemini 6°36′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 15°24′♈︎ Aries 3°22′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 0°23′♒︎ Aquarius 27°35′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 12°55′♓︎ Pisces 6°11′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 18°14′♈︎ Aries 14°18′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 22°00′♌︎ Leo 9°59′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 26°56′♈︎ Aries 24°56′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 17°41′♎︎ Libra 1°49′
- Mars68 days♉︎ Taurus 15°28′♉︎ Taurus 0°45′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 20°34′♋︎ Cancer 10°30′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 11°52′♏︎ Scorpio 25°38′
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: 22 Mar – 14 Apr; 25 Jul – 18 Aug; 16 Nov – 5 Dec
Venus retrograde: 12 Sept – 24 Oct
Mars retrograde: 25 Sept – 2 Dec
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Oct 1846 – 31 Jan; 7 Nov – 6 Mar 1848
Saturn retrograde: 24 Jun – 10 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 24 Jul – 24 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 3 Jun – 9 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 26 Jul 1846 – 8 Jan; 28 Jul – 9 Jan 1848
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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