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 10°52′♋︎ Cancer 0°48′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 6°25′♑︎ Capricorn 20°55′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 25°53′♑︎ Capricorn 9°41′
- Pluto157 days♏︎ Scorpio 17°47′♏︎ Scorpio 14°58′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 9°35′♑︎ Capricorn 5°36′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 14°34′♑︎ Capricorn 11°47′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 17°31′♉︎ Taurus 7°55′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 25°20′♑︎ Capricorn 18°42′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 23°34′♍︎ Virgo 9°35′
- Mars73 days♊︎ Gemini 14°33′♉︎ Taurus 27°45′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 13°35′♌︎ Leo 3°32′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 10°00′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°42′
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 Dec 1989 – 20 Jan; 23 Apr – 17 May; 25 Aug – 17 Sept; 14 Dec – 3 Jan 1991
Venus retrograde: 29 Dec 1989 – 8 Feb
Mars retrograde: 20 Oct – 1 Jan 1991
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Oct 1989 – 24 Feb; 30 Nov – 30 Mar 1991
Saturn retrograde: 4 May – 23 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 13 Apr – 14 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 16 Apr – 23 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 19 Feb – 26 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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