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 23°10′♊︎ Gemini 21°09′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 11°54′♋︎ Cancer 4°56′
- Mars79 days♌︎ Leo 3°34′♋︎ Cancer 14°32′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 23°03′♓︎ Pisces 8°52′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 11°27′♐︎ Sagittarius 7°24′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°31′♑︎ Capricorn 5°45′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°44′♒︎ Aquarius 6°54′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 24°10′♋︎ Cancer 7°39′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 26°30′♋︎ Cancer 16°40′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 24°10′♊︎ Gemini 22°09′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 21°32′♏︎ Scorpio 5°37′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 26°02′♋︎ Cancer 19°04′
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 Feb – 21 Mar; 30 Jun – 24 Jul; 25 Oct – 14 Nov
Venus retrograde: 16 Jun – 29 Jul
Mars retrograde: 5 Dec 2150 – 21 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Jun – 3 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 24 Oct 2150 – 7 Mar; 7 Nov – 20 Mar 2152
Uranus retrograde: 16 Mar – 16 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 10 Apr – 17 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 22 Sept 2150 – 5 Mar; 24 Sept – 6 Mar 2152
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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