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.
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 10°25′♊︎ Gemini 8°26′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 11°07′♎︎ Libra 6°59′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 20°58′♍︎ Virgo 1°31′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 20°21′♓︎ Pisces 6°01′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 10°09′♐︎ Sagittarius 7°23′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°04′♐︎ Sagittarius 28°14′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 6°07′♑︎ Capricorn 29°30′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 23°22′♋︎ Cancer 13°43′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 6°11′♍︎ Virgo 20°08′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 11°22′♊︎ Gemini 9°23′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 18°57′♏︎ Scorpio 3°05′
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 Feb – 18 Mar; 27 Jun – 21 Jul; 22 Oct – 11 Nov
Venus retrograde: 31 Aug – 12 Oct
Mars retrograde: 21 Jan – 12 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 24 Apr – 25 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 15 May – 4 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 15 Jan – 14 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 12 Mar – 19 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 9 Sept 2137 – 21 Feb; 10 Sept – 22 Feb 2139
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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