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.
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 7°59′♊︎ Gemini 1°03′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 23°06′♋︎ Cancer 20°54′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 11°47′♒︎ Aquarius 26°54′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 8°06′♓︎ Pisces 5°19′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 12°58′♋︎ Cancer 3°54′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 2°56′♓︎ Pisces 29°01′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 25°02′♍︎ Virgo 8°49′
- Mars66 days♉︎ Taurus 6°46′♈︎ Aries 23°22′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 22°03′♊︎ Gemini 15°06′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 15°54′♊︎ Gemini 5°52′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 10°41′♎︎ Libra 25°00′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 24°22′♋︎ Cancer 22°10′
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: 15 Feb – 9 Mar; 16 Jun – 10 Jul; 13 Oct – 3 Nov
Venus retrograde: 19 Aug – 30 Sept
Mars retrograde: 17 Sept – 22 Nov
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Oct – 30 Jan 2179
Saturn retrograde: 19 Sept 2177 – 31 Jan; 4 Oct – 14 Feb 2179
Uranus retrograde: 7 Jul – 8 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 10 Jun – 16 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 23 Oct 2177 – 3 Apr; 25 Oct – 5 Apr 2179
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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