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♋︎ Cancer 6°12′♊︎ Gemini 29°15′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 25°38′♋︎ Cancer 23°25′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 20°14′♋︎ Cancer 10°10′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 9°21′♑︎ Capricorn 23°19′
- Venus42 days♉︎ Taurus 8°00′♈︎ Aries 21°38′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 3°07′♉︎ Taurus 24°12′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 12°33′♓︎ Pisces 9°46′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 10°52′♈︎ Aries 6°57′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 7°47′♍︎ Virgo 23°14′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 26°56′♋︎ Cancer 24°42′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 20°21′♋︎ Cancer 13°24′
- Mars75 days♋︎ Cancer 2°18′♊︎ Gemini 14°36′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 22°33′♌︎ Leo 12°30′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 23°24′♑︎ Capricorn 7°09′
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: 13 Jan – 3 Feb; 8 May – 31 May; 8 Sept – 30 Sept; 27 Dec – 16 Jan 2181
Venus retrograde: 28 Mar – 10 May
Mars retrograde: 5 Nov – 19 Jan 2181
Jupiter retrograde: 7 Nov 2179 – 5 Mar; 8 Dec – 7 Apr 2181
Saturn retrograde: 18 Oct 2179 – 29 Feb; 1 Nov – 14 Mar 2181
Uranus retrograde: 15 Jul – 15 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 14 Jun – 20 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 26 Oct 2179 – 5 Apr; 27 Oct – 6 Apr 2181
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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