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♉︎ Taurus 15°09′♉︎ Taurus 13°11′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 8°23′♋︎ Cancer 4°17′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 27°07′♐︎ Sagittarius 11°50′
- Mars79 days♌︎ Leo 0°15′♋︎ Cancer 11°10′
- Saturn140 days♏︎ Scorpio 24°06′♏︎ Scorpio 17°26′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 10°52′♓︎ Pisces 28°25′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 7°32′♒︎ Aquarius 27°39′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 15°04′♈︎ Aries 12°16′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 17°08′♌︎ Leo 5°31′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 16°06′♉︎ Taurus 14°08′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 12°53′♋︎ Cancer 8°47′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 7°47′♏︎ Scorpio 21°36′
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: 17 Mar – 9 Apr; 20 Jul – 13 Aug; 11 Nov – 1 Dec
Venus retrograde: 21 Nov 1866 – 1 Jan
Mars retrograde: 1 Dec 1866 – 18 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 27 Jun – 24 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 3 Mar – 22 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 14 Oct 1866 – 12 Mar; 19 Oct – 16 Mar 1868
Neptune retrograde: 19 Jul – 24 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 15 Aug 1866 – 27 Jan; 16 Aug – 28 Jan 1868
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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