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.
- Mars78 days♋︎ Cancer 27°37′♋︎ Cancer 8°40′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 14°41′♎︎ Libra 4°45′
- Pluto157 days♏︎ Scorpio 25°31′♏︎ Scorpio 22°43′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 24°12′♓︎ Pisces 10°17′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 20°01′♈︎ Aries 3°44′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 21°09′♑︎ Capricorn 18°22′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 22°11′♑︎ Capricorn 18°13′
- Saturn140 days♓︎ Pisces 0°19′♒︎ Aquarius 23°38′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 28°15′♋︎ Cancer 18°08′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 22°30′♏︎ Scorpio 6°31′
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: 27 Feb – 22 Mar; 1 Jul – 25 Jul; 25 Oct – 15 Nov
Venus retrograde: 11 Mar – 22 Apr
Mars retrograde: 28 Nov 1992 – 15 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 28 Jan – 1 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 10 Jun – 28 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 26 Apr – 27 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 22 Apr – 30 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 26 Feb – 2 Aug
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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