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 11°50′♊︎ Gemini 9°01′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 14°28′♋︎ Cancer 25°09′
- Uranus151 days♎︎ Libra 24°10′♎︎ Libra 20°02′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 1°32′♓︎ Pisces 15°25′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 25°25′♈︎ Aries 13°59′
- Pluto164 days♓︎ Pisces 19°26′♓︎ Pisces 17°16′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 17°25′♓︎ Pisces 7°32′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 2°17′♌︎ Leo 19°45′
- Saturn136 days♉︎ Taurus 5°58′♈︎ Aries 29°06′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 14°05′♊︎ Gemini 11°16′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 21°09′♐︎ Sagittarius 4°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: 31 Mar – 23 Apr; 3 Aug – 27 Aug; 24 Nov – 14 Dec
Venus retrograde: 20 Feb – 3 Apr
Mars retrograde: 14 Dec 2056 – 4 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 6 Jul – 2 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 17 Aug – 31 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 27 Jan – 27 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 13 Sept 2056 – 17 Feb; 16 Sept – 19 Feb 2058
Pluto retrograde: 19 Jun – 30 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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