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 7°53′♋︎ Cancer 5°47′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 9°08′♒︎ Aquarius 24°07′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°39′♑︎ Capricorn 2°02′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 9°17′♒︎ Aquarius 6°30′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 11°01′♒︎ Aquarius 7°05′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 9°46′♋︎ Cancer 0°49′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 4°32′♈︎ Aries 24°34′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 8°59′♋︎ Cancer 6°53′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 8°05′♎︎ Libra 22°27′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 11°52′♏︎ Scorpio 26°31′
- Mars77 days♋︎ Cancer 18°44′♋︎ Cancer 0°13′
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: 12 Feb – 6 Mar; 13 Jun – 7 Jul; 10 Oct – 31 Oct
Venus retrograde: 5 Nov – 16 Dec
Mars retrograde: 20 Nov – 5 Feb 2166
Jupiter retrograde: 23 Aug – 19 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 17 Apr – 5 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 15 May – 16 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 11 May – 18 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 7 Oct 2164 – 19 Mar; 8 Oct – 21 Mar 2166
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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