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♌︎ Leo 2°14′♋︎ Cancer 29°58′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 15°29′♍︎ Virgo 8°36′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 23°12′♒︎ Aquarius 7°32′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 16°03′♌︎ Leo 26°33′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 4°54′♒︎ Aquarius 19°40′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 24°13′♐︎ Sagittarius 14°22′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 4°31′♊︎ Gemini 25°46′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 23°41′♓︎ Pisces 20°53′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 0°50′♈︎ Aries 26°53′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 3°54′♎︎ Libra 18°23′
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 3°36′♌︎ Leo 1°19′
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: 7 Feb – 1 Mar; 8 Jun – 2 Jul; 5 Oct – 26 Oct
Venus retrograde: 13 Jan – 24 Feb
Mars retrograde: 15 Jan – 6 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Apr – 10 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 25 Dec 2184 – 10 May
Uranus retrograde: 5 Aug – 4 Jan 2186
Neptune retrograde: 25 Jun – 1 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 1 Nov 2184 – 12 Apr; 3 Nov – 13 Apr 2186
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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