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.
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 6°08′♊︎ Gemini 26°04′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 0°32′♌︎ Leo 23°39′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 11°33′♋︎ Cancer 22°16′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 16°41′♎︎ Libra 13°53′
- Uranus152 days♏︎ Scorpio 16°24′♏︎ Scorpio 12°18′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 18°19′♐︎ Sagittarius 15°32′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 26°07′♈︎ Aries 14°51′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 3°00′♌︎ Leo 20°20′
- Venus41 days♏︎ Scorpio 22°48′♏︎ Scorpio 7°20′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 9°03′♋︎ Cancer 29°00′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 21°37′♐︎ Sagittarius 5°21′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 13°56′♍︎ Virgo 7°04′
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: 1 Apr – 25 Apr; 4 Aug – 28 Aug; 25 Nov – 15 Dec
Venus retrograde: 18 Oct – 28 Nov
Mars retrograde: 12 Dec 1977 – 2 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 24 Oct 1977 – 20 Feb; 25 Nov – 26 Mar 1979
Saturn retrograde: 11 Dec 1977 – 25 Apr; 24 Dec – 9 May 1979
Uranus retrograde: 19 Feb – 21 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 20 Mar – 28 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 19 Jan – 24 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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