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.
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 13°31′♋︎ Cancer 11°24′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 18°57′♍︎ Virgo 8°58′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 28°43′♍︎ Virgo 9°20′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 5°34′♓︎ Pisces 22°18′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 20°19′♒︎ Aquarius 17°32′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 1°09′♒︎ Aquarius 27°14′
- Saturn140 days♓︎ Pisces 6°34′♒︎ Aquarius 29°51′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 10°54′♌︎ Leo 0°05′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 27°14′♍︎ Virgo 11°03′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 14°41′♋︎ Cancer 12°33′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 3°21′♏︎ Scorpio 17°15′
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: 11 Mar – 3 Apr; 13 Jul – 7 Aug; 6 Nov – 26 Nov
Venus retrograde: 21 Aug – 3 Oct
Mars retrograde: 29 Jan – 20 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 3 Jan – 5 May
Saturn retrograde: 16 Jun – 3 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 5 Jun – 6 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 22 May – 29 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 13 Oct 2169 – 25 Mar; 15 Oct – 26 Mar 2171
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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