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.
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 23°05′♍︎ Virgo 3°40′
- Saturn139 days♎︎ Libra 29°30′♎︎ Libra 22°45′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 6°49′♓︎ Pisces 23°50′
- Pluto161 days♑︎ Capricorn 9°33′♑︎ Capricorn 6°57′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 23°59′♊︎ Gemini 7°29′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 3°09′♓︎ Pisces 0°21′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 8°32′♈︎ Aries 4°36′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 12°32′♌︎ Leo 1°25′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 16°22′♊︎ Gemini 6°19′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 4°18′♏︎ Scorpio 18°10′
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: 12 Mar – 4 Apr; 15 Jul – 8 Aug; 6 Nov – 26 Nov
Venus retrograde: 15 May – 27 Jun
Mars retrograde: 24 Jan – 14 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Oct – 30 Jan 2013
Saturn retrograde: 7 Feb – 25 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 13 Jul – 13 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 4 Jun – 11 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 10 Apr – 18 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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