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.
- Neptune158 days♉︎ Taurus 1°22′♈︎ Aries 28°33′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 28°47′♋︎ Cancer 24°40′
- Jupiter121 days♍︎ Virgo 1°27′♌︎ Leo 21°25′
- Saturn137 days♍︎ Virgo 29°17′♍︎ Virgo 22°28′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 25°15′♓︎ Pisces 11°21′
- Pluto164 days♒︎ Aquarius 25°41′♒︎ Aquarius 23°23′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 29°22′♋︎ Cancer 19°14′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 24°15′♌︎ Leo 7°50′
- Neptune158 days♉︎ Taurus 3°37′♉︎ Taurus 0°48′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 23°32′♏︎ Scorpio 7°33′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 3°25′♋︎ Cancer 29°17′
- Mars78 days♋︎ Cancer 21°45′♋︎ Cancer 3°01′
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: 1 Mar – 23 Mar; 2 Jul – 27 Jul; 27 Oct – 16 Nov
Venus retrograde: 18 Jul – 30 Aug
Mars retrograde: 23 Nov – 9 Feb 2040
Jupiter retrograde: 17 Dec 2038 – 17 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 8 Jan – 25 May
Uranus retrograde: 3 Nov 2038 – 1 Apr; 8 Nov – 5 Apr 2040
Neptune retrograde: 4 Aug 2038 – 8 Jan; 6 Aug – 11 Jan 2040
Pluto retrograde: 26 May – 6 Nov
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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