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 20°30′♋︎ Cancer 10°26′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 28°58′♑︎ Capricorn 13°33′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 3°20′♒︎ Aquarius 18°09′
- Mars79 days♎︎ Libra 27°31′♎︎ Libra 9°01′
- Saturn140 days♏︎ Scorpio 23°19′♏︎ Scorpio 16°38′
- Pluto161 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°34′♑︎ Capricorn 10°59′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 3°10′♊︎ Gemini 24°22′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 7°35′♓︎ Pisces 4°47′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 16°30′♈︎ Aries 12°34′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 2°18′♎︎ Libra 16°45′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 22°37′♌︎ Leo 12°35′
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: 6 Feb – 28 Feb; 7 Jun – 1 Jul; 4 Oct – 25 Oct
Venus retrograde: 21 Dec 2013 – 31 Jan
Mars retrograde: 1 Mar – 20 May
Jupiter retrograde: 7 Nov 2013 – 6 Mar; 8 Dec – 8 Apr 2015
Saturn retrograde: 2 Mar – 20 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 22 Jul – 21 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 9 Jun – 16 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 14 Apr – 23 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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