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.
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 19°41′♌︎ Leo 0°17′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 21°47′♑︎ Capricorn 5°33′
- Saturn137 days♎︎ Libra 4°39′♍︎ Virgo 27°49′
- Pluto160 days♑︎ Capricorn 5°25′♑︎ Capricorn 2°47′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 12°37′♉︎ Taurus 2°39′
- Neptune159 days♒︎ Aquarius 28°42′♒︎ Aquarius 25°54′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 0°35′♓︎ Pisces 26°40′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 3°24′♓︎ Pisces 23°29′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 19°03′♍︎ Virgo 5°21′
- Venus42 days♏︎ Scorpio 13°13′♎︎ Libra 27°39′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 5°56′♐︎ Sagittarius 19°37′
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 Dec 2009 – 15 Jan; 18 Apr – 11 May; 20 Aug – 12 Sept; 10 Dec – 30 Dec
Venus retrograde: 8 Oct – 18 Nov
Mars retrograde: 20 Dec 2009 – 10 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 23 Jul – 18 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 13 Jan – 30 May
Uranus retrograde: 5 Jul – 6 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 31 May – 7 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 7 Apr – 14 Sept
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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