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.
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 18°54′♋︎ Cancer 11°56′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 9°15′♎︎ Libra 6°28′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 25°26′♒︎ Aquarius 9°57′
- Uranus151 days♏︎ Scorpio 2°28′♎︎ Libra 28°21′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 11°47′♐︎ Sagittarius 9°01′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 23°35′♊︎ Gemini 15°00′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 11°42′♌︎ Leo 25°25′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 24°42′♈︎ Aries 14°44′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 24°25′♎︎ Libra 9°05′
- Mars75 days♋︎ Cancer 2°39′♊︎ Gemini 14°43′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 2°58′♋︎ Cancer 26°01′
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: 30 Jan – 20 Feb; 29 May – 22 Jun; 26 Sept – 18 Oct
Venus retrograde: 6 Aug – 18 Sept
Mars retrograde: 6 Nov – 20 Jan 1976
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Aug – 10 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 31 Oct 1974 – 14 Mar; 14 Nov – 27 Mar 1976
Uranus retrograde: 6 Feb – 7 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 14 Mar – 21 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 11 Jan – 17 Jun
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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