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 12°20′♊︎ Gemini 10°21′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 17°38′♒︎ Aquarius 1°48′
- Uranus151 days♎︎ Libra 20°39′♎︎ Libra 16°30′
- Mars80 days♎︎ Libra 25°00′♎︎ Libra 6°18′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 14°31′♐︎ Sagittarius 11°45′
- Venus43 days♉︎ Taurus 19°09′♉︎ Taurus 2°44′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 13°23′♊︎ Gemini 4°46′
- Saturn140 days♒︎ Aquarius 29°28′♒︎ Aquarius 22°47′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 17°22′♓︎ Pisces 7°29′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 13°18′♊︎ Gemini 11°19′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 16°26′♎︎ Libra 1°29′
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: 22 Jan – 12 Feb; 18 May – 11 Jun; 17 Sept – 9 Oct
Venus retrograde: 9 Apr – 22 May
Mars retrograde: 27 Feb – 16 May
Jupiter retrograde: 6 Jul – 2 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 8 Jun – 26 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 25 Jan – 23 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 16 Mar – 23 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 12 Sept 2139 – 23 Feb; 12 Sept – 23 Feb 2141
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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