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 27°54′♈︎ Aries 25°55′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 22°32′♌︎ Leo 12°30′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 11°20′♒︎ Aquarius 26°43′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 0°03′♉︎ Taurus 13°34′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 4°49′♓︎ Pisces 2°01′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 13°23′♋︎ Cancer 4°03′
- Saturn137 days♈︎ Aries 7°59′♈︎ Aries 1°11′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 28°53′♈︎ Aries 26°53′
- Uranus152 days♈︎ Aries 26°16′♈︎ Aries 22°19′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 10°03′♎︎ Libra 24°16′
- Mars76 days♋︎ Cancer 6°07′♊︎ Gemini 17°53′
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: 15 Feb – 9 Mar; 17 Jun – 11 Jul; 13 Oct – 2 Nov
Venus retrograde: 21 Apr – 3 Jun
Mars retrograde: 9 Nov – 24 Jan 1850
Jupiter retrograde: 8 Dec 1848 – 8 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 19 Jul – 4 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 1 Aug – 31 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 7 Jun – 13 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 28 Jul 1848 – 9 Jan; 29 Jul – 10 Jan 1850
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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