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.
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 28°03′♒︎ Aquarius 12°40′
- Pluto157 days♏︎ Scorpio 12°35′♏︎ Scorpio 9°45′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 1°02′♐︎ Sagittarius 27°02′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 2°33′♐︎ Sagittarius 25°55′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 10°11′♑︎ Capricorn 7°25′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 0°27′♊︎ Gemini 13°55′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 26°47′♊︎ Gemini 18°09′
- Mars63 days♈︎ Aries 11°27′♓︎ Pisces 29°52′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 6°07′♉︎ Taurus 26°05′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 27°03′♎︎ Libra 11°38′
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: 2 Feb – 23 Feb; 31 May – 24 Jun; 28 Sept – 20 Oct
Venus retrograde: 22 May – 4 Jul
Mars retrograde: 26 Aug – 28 Oct
Jupiter retrograde: 24 Sept – 20 Jan 1989
Saturn retrograde: 11 Apr – 30 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 4 Apr – 5 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 11 Apr – 18 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 14 Feb – 20 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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