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.
- Pluto161 days♋︎ Cancer 29°33′♋︎ Cancer 27°18′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 18°22′♌︎ Leo 11°26′
- Mars79 days♌︎ Leo 12°04′♋︎ Cancer 22°50′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 23°13′♎︎ Libra 13°17′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 8°20′♓︎ Pisces 25°16′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 15°37′♊︎ Gemini 29°05′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 19°14′♓︎ Pisces 16°26′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 13°57′♌︎ Leo 2°56′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 22°49′♈︎ Aries 18°52′
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 0°53′♋︎ Cancer 28°38′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 5°55′♏︎ Scorpio 19°48′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 2°03′♌︎ Leo 25°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: 14 Mar – 6 Apr; 16 Jul – 10 Aug; 8 Nov – 28 Nov
Venus retrograde: 7 Jun – 20 Jul
Mars retrograde: 13 Dec 2182 – 2 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 6 Feb – 9 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 29 Nov 2182 – 12 Apr; 12 Dec – 25 Apr 2184
Uranus retrograde: 28 Jul – 28 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 21 Jun – 27 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 30 Oct 2182 – 10 Apr; 1 Nov – 10 Apr 2184
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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