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.
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 3°33′♋︎ Cancer 1°29′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°30′♑︎ Capricorn 11°17′
- Venus41 days♓︎ Pisces 0°31′♒︎ Aquarius 14°47′
- Saturn140 days♏︎ Scorpio 22°43′♏︎ Scorpio 16°03′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 15°23′♐︎ Sagittarius 5°31′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 18°56′♉︎ Taurus 9°15′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 24°32′♑︎ Capricorn 20°34′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 0°27′♑︎ Capricorn 27°41′
- Mars60 days♓︎ Pisces 19°47′♓︎ Pisces 9°35′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 25°06′♍︎ Virgo 11°11′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 4°37′♋︎ Cancer 2°33′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 11°37′♐︎ Sagittarius 25°19′
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: 1 Jan – 21 Jan; 24 Apr – 17 May; 26 Aug – 18 Sept; 15 Dec – 4 Jan 2162
Venus retrograde: 21 Jan – 3 Mar
Mars retrograde: 7 Aug – 6 Oct
Jupiter retrograde: 31 Mar – 1 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 1 Mar – 19 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 28 Apr – 29 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 2 May – 9 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 3 Oct 2160 – 15 Mar; 4 Oct – 16 Mar 2162
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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