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.
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 13°12′♋︎ Cancer 10°24′
- Saturn139 days♏︎ Scorpio 1°44′♎︎ Libra 24°59′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 10°39′♓︎ Pisces 27°55′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 27°52′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°51′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 5°37′♈︎ Aries 3°32′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 15°38′♋︎ Cancer 29°10′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 16°41′♌︎ Leo 5°19′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 6°05′♉︎ Taurus 26°02′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 15°26′♋︎ Cancer 12°38′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 7°54′♏︎ Scorpio 21°44′
- Mars78 days♌︎ Leo 0°35′♋︎ Cancer 11°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: 16 Mar – 8 Apr; 19 Jul – 12 Aug; 11 Nov – 30 Nov
Venus retrograde: 8 Jul – 21 Aug
Mars retrograde: 2 Dec – 18 Feb 2072
Jupiter retrograde: 24 Sept – 20 Jan 2072
Saturn retrograde: 9 Feb – 27 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 1 Apr – 2 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 15 Oct 2070 – 21 Mar; 18 Oct – 22 Mar 2072
Pluto retrograde: 5 Jul – 17 Dec
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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