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.
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 19°41′♊︎ Gemini 17°40′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 3°43′♋︎ Cancer 0°54′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 19°09′♒︎ Aquarius 3°29′
- Mars80 days♎︎ Libra 16°17′♍︎ Virgo 27°26′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 25°38′♐︎ Sagittarius 21°37′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 9°19′♒︎ Aquarius 2°41′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 16°05′♊︎ Gemini 7°32′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 23°18′♓︎ Pisces 13°24′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 1°44′♍︎ Virgo 15°39′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 18°03′♎︎ Libra 2°53′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 20°42′♊︎ Gemini 18°40′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 5°57′♋︎ Cancer 3°08′
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: 24 Jan – 14 Feb; 22 May – 15 Jun; 20 Sept – 12 Oct
Venus retrograde: 27 Aug – 9 Oct
Mars retrograde: 18 Feb – 9 May
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Jul – 9 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 20 May – 8 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 31 Mar – 1 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 7 Oct 1902 – 13 Mar; 10 Oct – 14 Mar 1904
Pluto retrograde: 20 Sept 1902 – 3 Mar; 21 Sept – 3 Mar 1904
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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