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 8°07′♉︎ Taurus 5°17′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 12°45′♌︎ Leo 8°37′
- Mars81 days♌︎ Leo 27°39′♌︎ Leo 8°10′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 6°12′♑︎ Capricorn 20°09′
- Saturn139 days♏︎ Scorpio 6°35′♎︎ Libra 29°53′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 2°04′♏︎ Scorpio 22°12′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 29°45′♉︎ Taurus 20°46′
- Pluto164 days♒︎ Aquarius 29°56′♒︎ Aquarius 27°39′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 10°21′♉︎ Taurus 7°32′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 4°33′♍︎ Virgo 20°03′
- Venus42 days♏︎ Scorpio 3°46′♎︎ Libra 18°04′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 17°26′♌︎ Leo 13°18′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°16′♑︎ Capricorn 4°00′
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: 10 Jan – 30 Jan; 5 May – 29 May; 5 Sept – 27 Sept; 25 Dec – 14 Jan 2043
Venus retrograde: 28 Sept – 9 Nov
Mars retrograde: 28 Dec 2041 – 18 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 18 Mar – 19 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 13 Feb – 2 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 17 Nov 2041 – 15 Apr; 22 Nov – 20 Apr 2043
Neptune retrograde: 10 Aug 2041 – 15 Jan; 13 Aug – 17 Jan 2043
Pluto retrograde: 30 May – 10 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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