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 19°54′♋︎ Cancer 17°05′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 13°35′♌︎ Leo 3°32′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 5°28′♌︎ Leo 15°57′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 20°44′♒︎ Aquarius 5°02′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 7°03′♐︎ Sagittarius 0°24′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 10°43′♑︎ Capricorn 6°44′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 17°26′♊︎ Gemini 8°53′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 8°53′♈︎ Aries 6°48′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 24°27′♎︎ Libra 8°38′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 19°39′♎︎ Libra 4°31′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 22°08′♋︎ Cancer 19°19′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 14°36′♍︎ Virgo 4°36′
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: 24 Jan – 14 Feb; 22 May – 15 Jun; 20 Sept – 12 Oct
Venus retrograde: 18 Sept – 30 Oct
Mars retrograde: 4 Jan – 26 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Nov 2073 – 29 Mar; 29 Dec – 30 Apr 2075
Saturn retrograde: 16 Mar – 3 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 14 Apr – 15 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 22 Oct 2073 – 27 Mar; 25 Oct – 30 Mar 2075
Pluto retrograde: 8 Jul – 20 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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