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.
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 10°49′♊︎ Gemini 0°47′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 10°06′♋︎ Cancer 8°00′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 6°45′♑︎ Capricorn 20°40′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 0°01′♉︎ Taurus 20°58′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 1°26′♑︎ Capricorn 24°48′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 13°42′♒︎ Aquarius 10°55′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 19°07′♒︎ Aquarius 15°11′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 19°53′♋︎ Cancer 3°22′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 5°03′♍︎ Virgo 20°36′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 11°14′♋︎ Cancer 9°07′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 15°25′♋︎ Cancer 5°21′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°49′♑︎ Capricorn 4°33′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 25°24′♌︎ Leo 5°58′
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: 10 Jan – 31 Jan; 5 May – 29 May; 6 Sept – 28 Sept; 25 Dec – 14 Jan 2168
Venus retrograde: 12 Jun – 25 Jul
Mars retrograde: 26 Dec – 15 Mar 2168
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Sept 2166 – 25 Jan; 2 Nov – 29 Feb 2168
Saturn retrograde: 11 May – 29 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 23 May – 25 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 16 May – 23 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 10 Oct 2166 – 22 Mar; 11 Oct – 22 Mar 2168
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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