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.
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 0°32′♌︎ Leo 26°23′
- Pluto158 days♍︎ Virgo 10°07′♍︎ Virgo 7°31′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°49′♒︎ Aquarius 7°14′
- Neptune160 days♏︎ Scorpio 13°29′♏︎ Scorpio 10°42′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 11°23′♒︎ Aquarius 4°45′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 20°23′♊︎ Gemini 11°50′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 12°41′♓︎ Pisces 2°49′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 21°46′♎︎ Libra 6°30′
- Venus41 days♏︎ Scorpio 27°37′♏︎ Scorpio 12°12′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 5°18′♍︎ Virgo 1°08′
- Pluto158 days♍︎ Virgo 12°09′♍︎ Virgo 9°32′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 24°47′♌︎ Leo 5°20′
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: 27 Jan – 17 Feb; 26 May – 19 Jun; 24 Sept – 15 Oct
Venus retrograde: 23 Oct – 3 Dec
Mars retrograde: 26 Dec – 16 Mar 1963
Jupiter retrograde: 2 Jul – 29 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 21 May – 9 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 6 Dec 1961 – 4 May; 11 Dec – 9 May 1963
Neptune retrograde: 13 Feb – 23 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 12 Dec 1961 – 19 May; 14 Dec – 21 May 1963
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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