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.
- Pluto157 days♍︎ Virgo 25°06′♍︎ Virgo 22°24′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 4°00′♍︎ Virgo 29°52′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°02′♒︎ Aquarius 0°14′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 6°03′♍︎ Virgo 26°06′
- Neptune160 days♏︎ Scorpio 28°42′♏︎ Scorpio 25°56′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 26°49′♈︎ Aries 10°29′
- Mars72 days♐︎ Sagittarius 16°45′♐︎ Sagittarius 1°41′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 12°00′♊︎ Gemini 3°25′
- Saturn136 days♉︎ Taurus 8°56′♉︎ Taurus 2°03′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 14°51′♍︎ Virgo 29°51′
- Pluto157 days♍︎ Virgo 27°23′♍︎ Virgo 24°40′
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: 20 Jan – 10 Feb; 17 May – 10 Jun; 16 Sept – 8 Oct
Venus retrograde: 18 Mar – 29 Apr
Mars retrograde: 27 Apr – 8 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Jan – 23 May
Saturn retrograde: 21 Aug – 3 Jan 1970
Uranus retrograde: 8 Jan – 7 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 28 Feb – 7 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 27 Dec 1968 – 2 Jun; 30 Dec – 5 Jun 1970
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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