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.
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 29°36′♈︎ Aries 26°48′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 20°23′♉︎ Taurus 10°23′
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 8°24′♋︎ Cancer 4°20′
- Pluto159 days♌︎ Leo 28°30′♌︎ Leo 26°01′
- Mars81 days♎︎ Libra 6°31′♍︎ Virgo 17°16′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 21°13′♈︎ Aries 9°13′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 8°20′♈︎ Aries 1°33′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 27°53′♌︎ Leo 15°51′
- Neptune158 days♉︎ Taurus 1°52′♈︎ Aries 29°03′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 18°22′♍︎ Virgo 2°07′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 26°04′♊︎ Gemini 16°00′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 12°53′♋︎ Cancer 8°48′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 17°40′♐︎ Sagittarius 1°26′
- Pluto159 days♍︎ Virgo 0°17′♌︎ Leo 27°46′
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 Mar – 20 Apr; 31 Jul – 24 Aug; 21 Nov – 11 Dec
Venus retrograde: 13 Aug – 24 Sept
Mars retrograde: 7 Feb – 28 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Sept 2201 – 5 Jan; 15 Oct – 10 Feb 2203
Saturn retrograde: 20 Jul – 5 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 14 Oct 2201 – 13 Mar; 19 Oct – 17 Mar 2203
Neptune retrograde: 2 Aug 2201 – 7 Jan; 5 Aug – 9 Jan 2203
Pluto retrograde: 30 Nov 2201 – 8 May; 2 Dec – 10 May 2203
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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