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.
- Mars77 days♋︎ Cancer 18°39′♊︎ Gemini 29°59′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 25°48′♌︎ Leo 21°39′
- Pluto158 days♍︎ Virgo 8°07′♍︎ Virgo 5°32′
- Neptune159 days♏︎ Scorpio 11°18′♏︎ Scorpio 8°32′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 9°10′♒︎ Aquarius 24°20′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 29°05′♈︎ Aries 12°44′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 29°51′♑︎ Capricorn 23°14′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 7°09′♑︎ Capricorn 27°19′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 10°27′♋︎ Cancer 1°20′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 8°01′♎︎ Libra 22°18′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 0°32′♌︎ Leo 26°23′
- Pluto158 days♍︎ Virgo 10°07′♍︎ Virgo 7°31′
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: 12 Feb – 6 Mar; 14 Jun – 8 Jul; 10 Oct – 31 Oct
Venus retrograde: 20 Mar – 2 May
Mars retrograde: 20 Nov 1960 – 6 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 25 May – 23 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 9 May – 27 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 1 Dec 1960 – 29 Apr; 6 Dec – 4 May 1962
Neptune retrograde: 11 Feb – 20 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 10 Dec 1960 – 17 May; 12 Dec – 19 May 1962
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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