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.
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 1°27′♈︎ Aries 27°29′
- Pluto161 days♋︎ Cancer 26°04′♋︎ Cancer 23°50′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 14°35′♍︎ Virgo 11°47′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 3°52′♒︎ Aquarius 18°47′
- Mars79 days♎︎ Libra 24°37′♎︎ Libra 6°03′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 23°17′♏︎ Scorpio 13°25′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 4°05′♊︎ Gemini 25°13′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 10°13′♓︎ Pisces 3°30′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 5°30′♉︎ Taurus 1°32′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 22°46′♍︎ Virgo 6°35′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 2°49′♎︎ Libra 17°13′
- Pluto161 days♋︎ Cancer 27°24′♋︎ Cancer 25°09′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 16°46′♍︎ Virgo 13°59′
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: 8 Feb – 2 Mar; 9 Jun – 3 Jul; 6 Oct – 27 Oct
Venus retrograde: 18 Aug – 29 Sept
Mars retrograde: 27 Feb – 17 May
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Mar – 11 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 21 Jun – 7 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 7 Aug 1934 – 6 Jan; 11 Aug – 10 Jan 1936
Neptune retrograde: 17 Dec 1934 – 24 May; 19 Dec – 25 May 1936
Pluto retrograde: 28 Oct 1934 – 7 Apr; 29 Oct – 7 Apr 1936
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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