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.
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 5°52′♉︎ Taurus 3°03′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 8°04′♌︎ Leo 3°56′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°18′♒︎ Aquarius 6°40′
- Saturn138 days♎︎ Libra 24°26′♎︎ Libra 17°42′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 1°45′♎︎ Libra 21°51′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 6°11′♓︎ Pisces 20°02′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 19°28′♊︎ Gemini 10°55′
- Pluto164 days♒︎ Aquarius 28°32′♒︎ Aquarius 26°14′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 8°07′♉︎ Taurus 5°17′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 21°14′♎︎ Libra 6°02′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 12°45′♌︎ Leo 8°37′
- Mars81 days♌︎ Leo 27°39′♌︎ Leo 8°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: 26 Jan – 16 Feb; 24 May – 17 Jun; 22 Sept – 14 Oct
Venus retrograde: 25 Feb – 8 Apr
Mars retrograde: 28 Dec – 18 Mar 2042
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Feb – 18 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 1 Feb – 20 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 12 Nov 2040 – 10 Apr; 17 Nov – 15 Apr 2042
Neptune retrograde: 8 Aug 2040 – 12 Jan; 10 Aug – 15 Jan 2042
Pluto retrograde: 29 May – 9 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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