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.
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 21°27′♈︎ Aries 19°26′
- Mars77 days♋︎ Cancer 15°38′♊︎ Gemini 27°11′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 18°44′♌︎ Leo 15°56′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 18°54′♍︎ Virgo 8°54′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 23°21′♒︎ Aquarius 7°44′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 20°37′♊︎ Gemini 12°04′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 3°58′♓︎ Pisces 0°03′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 11°19′♋︎ Cancer 24°50′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 22°28′♈︎ Aries 20°27′
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 13°38′♉︎ Taurus 6°44′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 22°18′♎︎ Libra 7°06′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 20°56′♌︎ Leo 18°08′
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: 27 Jan – 17 Feb; 25 May – 18 Jun; 23 Sept – 15 Oct
Venus retrograde: 4 Jul – 16 Aug
Mars retrograde: 17 Nov 2086 – 2 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 3 Jan – 5 May
Saturn retrograde: 25 Aug – 8 Jan 2088
Uranus retrograde: 7 Jun – 9 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 20 Nov 2086 – 26 Apr; 23 Nov – 27 Apr 2088
Pluto retrograde: 21 Jul 2086 – 2 Jan; 22 Jul – 3 Jan 2088
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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