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♊︎ Gemini 5°07′♊︎ Gemini 2°18′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°32′♑︎ Capricorn 1°12′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 9°54′♎︎ Libra 5°46′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 24°55′♒︎ Aquarius 9°22′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 6°28′♏︎ Scorpio 26°36′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 22°40′♊︎ Gemini 14°06′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 15°44′♓︎ Pisces 13°33′
- Saturn138 days♓︎ Pisces 26°57′♓︎ Pisces 20°11′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 7°21′♊︎ Gemini 4°32′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 23°53′♎︎ Libra 8°36′
- Mars76 days♋︎ Cancer 5°54′♊︎ Gemini 17°53′
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: 29 Jan – 19 Feb; 27 May – 20 Jun; 25 Sept – 17 Oct
Venus retrograde: 9 Dec 2053 – 19 Jan
Mars retrograde: 8 Nov – 23 Jan 2055
Jupiter retrograde: 22 Mar – 23 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 7 Jul – 23 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 13 Jan – 12 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 7 Sept 2053 – 11 Feb; 9 Sept – 13 Feb 2055
Pluto retrograde: 15 Jun – 27 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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