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 18°11′♊︎ Gemini 16°11′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 10°14′♍︎ Virgo 0°13′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 27°01′♒︎ Aquarius 11°29′
- Uranus152 days♏︎ Scorpio 18°44′♏︎ Scorpio 14°39′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 27°35′♐︎ Sagittarius 24°48′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 24°56′♊︎ Gemini 16°22′
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 15°53′♉︎ Taurus 8°58′
- Venus43 days♎︎ Libra 3°57′♍︎ Virgo 17°51′
- Mars64 days♈︎ Aries 20°38′♈︎ Aries 8°34′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 19°11′♊︎ Gemini 17°10′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 26°01′♎︎ Libra 10°43′
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: 31 Jan – 21 Feb; 30 May – 23 Jun; 27 Sept – 19 Oct
Venus retrograde: 28 Aug – 10 Oct
Mars retrograde: 4 Sept – 6 Nov
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Dec 2145 – 26 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 28 Aug – 10 Jan 2147
Uranus retrograde: 21 Feb – 23 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 29 Mar – 6 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 17 Sept 2145 – 28 Feb; 18 Sept – 2 Mar 2147
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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