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 15°51′♋︎ Cancer 13°42′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 2°16′♒︎ Aquarius 16°56′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 19°01′♏︎ Scorpio 9°08′
- Mars79 days♏︎ Scorpio 3°28′♎︎ Libra 15°05′
- Venus42 days♉︎ Taurus 10°15′♈︎ Aries 23°51′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 24°45′♒︎ Aquarius 21°58′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 1°19′♊︎ Gemini 22°39′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 9°07′♓︎ Pisces 5°12′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 1°10′♓︎ Pisces 24°24′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 1°17′♎︎ Libra 15°50′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 17°01′♋︎ Cancer 14°52′
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: 6 Feb – 27 Feb; 5 Jun – 29 Jun; 2 Oct – 24 Oct
Venus retrograde: 31 Mar – 12 May
Mars retrograde: 7 Mar – 25 May
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Mar – 5 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 11 Jul – 27 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 12 Jun – 13 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 26 May – 2 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 16 Oct 2171 – 27 Mar; 16 Oct – 28 Mar 2173
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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