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.
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 4°28′♋︎ Cancer 24°25′
- Pluto157 days♍︎ Virgo 20°38′♍︎ Virgo 17°58′
- Uranus150 days♍︎ Virgo 24°25′♍︎ Virgo 20°16′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 18°48′♓︎ Pisces 4°32′
- Neptune160 days♏︎ Scorpio 24°21′♏︎ Scorpio 21°34′
- Mars79 days♏︎ Scorpio 3°11′♎︎ Libra 14°59′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 21°58′♋︎ Cancer 12°15′
- Saturn137 days♈︎ Aries 12°27′♈︎ Aries 5°38′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 13°54′♌︎ Leo 27°38′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 17°20′♏︎ Scorpio 1°26′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 5°50′♌︎ Leo 25°49′
- Pluto157 days♍︎ Virgo 22°51′♍︎ Virgo 20°10′
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: 23 Feb – 17 Mar; 26 Jun – 20 Jul; 21 Oct – 10 Nov
Venus retrograde: 8 Aug – 20 Sept
Mars retrograde: 8 Mar – 26 May
Jupiter retrograde: 21 Nov 1966 – 21 Mar; 22 Dec – 21 Apr 1968
Saturn retrograde: 25 Jul – 9 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 30 Dec 1966 – 28 May
Neptune retrograde: 24 Feb – 3 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 23 Dec 1966 – 29 May; 26 Dec – 31 May 1968
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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