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.
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 10°14′♍︎ Virgo 0°14′
- Saturn137 days♍︎ Virgo 27°01′♍︎ Virgo 20°11′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 15°20′♌︎ Leo 25°52′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 21°46′♎︎ Libra 18°58′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 21°30′♓︎ Pisces 7°24′
- Uranus152 days♏︎ Scorpio 25°34′♏︎ Scorpio 21°29′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 22°40′♐︎ Sagittarius 19°54′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 2°35′♊︎ Gemini 16°03′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 25°07′♋︎ Cancer 15°12′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 19°55′♏︎ Scorpio 3°59′
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: 26 Feb – 19 Mar; 28 Jun – 22 Jul; 23 Oct – 12 Nov
Venus retrograde: 24 May – 6 Jul
Mars retrograde: 16 Jan – 6 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 26 Dec 1979 – 26 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 6 Jan – 22 May
Uranus retrograde: 29 Feb – 30 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 24 Mar – 31 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 24 Jan – 28 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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