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.
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 8°54′♑︎ Capricorn 23°21′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 18°38′♒︎ Aquarius 2°55′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 26°55′♎︎ Libra 24°06′
- Saturn138 days♎︎ Libra 22°14′♎︎ Libra 15°29′
- Mars80 days♎︎ Libra 19°10′♎︎ Libra 0°22′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 10°19′♏︎ Scorpio 0°26′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 4°37′♐︎ Sagittarius 0°34′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 27°02′♐︎ Sagittarius 24°16′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 15°10′♊︎ Gemini 6°37′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 17°31′♎︎ Libra 2°25′
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 Jan – 13 Feb; 21 May – 13 Jun; 19 Sept – 11 Oct
Venus retrograde: 31 Dec 1981 – 10 Feb
Mars retrograde: 20 Feb – 11 May
Jupiter retrograde: 24 Feb – 27 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 31 Jan – 18 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 9 Mar – 9 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 29 Mar – 5 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 29 Jan – 4 Jul
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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