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 17°06′♉︎ Taurus 14°18′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 1°38′♌︎ Leo 27°29′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 19°01′♑︎ Capricorn 3°40′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 18°14′♓︎ Pisces 3°52′
- Mars79 days♏︎ Scorpio 6°13′♎︎ Libra 18°06′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 23°13′♐︎ Sagittarius 16°36′
- Pluto164 days♓︎ Pisces 5°25′♓︎ Pisces 3°10′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 21°06′♋︎ Cancer 11°30′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 19°00′♈︎ Aries 9°03′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 19°22′♉︎ Taurus 16°33′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 16°51′♏︎ Scorpio 0°59′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 6°24′♍︎ Virgo 2°14′
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: 21 Feb – 16 Mar; 24 Jun – 18 Jul; 19 Oct – 9 Nov
Venus retrograde: 12 Dec 2045 – 21 Jan
Mars retrograde: 11 Mar – 28 May
Jupiter retrograde: 8 Aug – 4 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 1 Apr – 20 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 6 Dec 2045 – 4 May; 11 Dec – 9 May 2047
Neptune retrograde: 20 Aug 2045 – 24 Jan; 22 Aug – 26 Jan 2047
Pluto retrograde: 5 Jun – 16 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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