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 7°21′♊︎ Gemini 4°32′
- Mars76 days♋︎ Cancer 5°54′♊︎ Gemini 17°53′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 8°47′♑︎ Capricorn 22°47′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 14°40′♎︎ Libra 10°32′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°11′♐︎ Sagittarius 28°21′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 2°51′♉︎ Taurus 24°00′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 16°59′♓︎ Pisces 14°48′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 19°56′♌︎ Leo 3°29′
- Saturn137 days♈︎ Aries 9°39′♈︎ Aries 2°51′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 7°16′♍︎ Virgo 22°39′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 9°36′♊︎ Gemini 6°47′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 22°50′♑︎ Capricorn 6°35′
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: 12 Jan – 2 Feb; 8 May – 1 Jun; 8 Sept – 30 Sept; 27 Dec – 16 Jan 2056
Venus retrograde: 13 Jul – 25 Aug
Mars retrograde: 8 Nov 2054 – 23 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 24 Apr – 25 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 21 Jul – 6 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 18 Jan – 18 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 9 Sept 2054 – 13 Feb; 12 Sept – 16 Feb 2056
Pluto retrograde: 16 Jun – 28 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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