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.
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 10°03′♋︎ Cancer 7°56′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 15°58′♌︎ Leo 13°10′
- Saturn137 days♎︎ Libra 7°36′♎︎ Libra 0°48′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 18°53′♎︎ Libra 8°58′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 1°14′♒︎ Aquarius 16°01′
- Mars70 days♐︎ Sagittarius 25°16′♐︎ Sagittarius 11°06′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 0°53′♊︎ Gemini 22°07′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 13°35′♓︎ Pisces 9°40′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 0°11′♎︎ Libra 14°39′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 11°13′♋︎ Cancer 9°05′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 9°50′♏︎ Scorpio 24°30′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 18°11′♌︎ Leo 15°22′
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; 5 Jun – 29 Jun; 3 Oct – 24 Oct
Venus retrograde: 4 Nov – 15 Dec
Mars retrograde: 8 May – 17 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 2 Feb – 6 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 17 Jan – 3 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 18 Jun – 19 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 18 Nov 1921 – 24 Apr; 21 Nov – 27 Apr 1923
Pluto retrograde: 11 Oct 1921 – 22 Mar; 12 Oct – 24 Mar 1923
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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