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.
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 16°32′♊︎ Gemini 12°30′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 20°04′♌︎ Leo 17°38′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 24°07′♓︎ Pisces 9°58′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 28°50′♐︎ Sagittarius 18°59′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 8°07′♒︎ Aquarius 1°30′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 27°39′♋︎ Cancer 17°47′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 20°36′♈︎ Aries 17°47′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 20°50′♊︎ Gemini 16°48′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 22°36′♏︎ Scorpio 6°40′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 2°07′♏︎ Scorpio 16°42′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 21°42′♌︎ Leo 19°16′
- Mars78 days♋︎ Cancer 27°50′♋︎ Cancer 9°00′
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: 27 Feb – 21 Mar; 30 Jun – 24 Jul; 25 Oct – 14 Nov
Venus retrograde: 26 Oct – 6 Dec
Mars retrograde: 29 Nov – 14 Feb 2198
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Apr – 15 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 17 May – 5 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 21 Sept 2196 – 18 Feb; 25 Sept – 22 Feb 2198
Neptune retrograde: 23 Jul – 28 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 20 Nov 2196 – 29 Apr; 22 Nov – 1 May 2198
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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