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.
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 12°22′♊︎ Gemini 9°33′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 15°13′♐︎ Sagittarius 28°55′
- Pluto157 days♎︎ Libra 7°57′♎︎ Libra 5°12′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 7°31′♎︎ Libra 3°22′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 6°21′♏︎ Scorpio 29°42′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 4°28′♈︎ Aries 23°36′
- Mars74 days♐︎ Sagittarius 8°16′♏︎ Scorpio 22°03′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°11′♐︎ Sagittarius 28°21′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 11°22′♌︎ Leo 28°23′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 14°37′♊︎ Gemini 11°47′
- Venus41 days♏︎ Scorpio 24°52′♏︎ Scorpio 9°22′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 29°24′♐︎ Sagittarius 13°06′
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: 19 Dec 2220 – 8 Jan; 10 Apr – 3 May; 13 Aug – 5 Sept; 3 Dec – 23 Dec
Venus retrograde: 20 Oct – 30 Nov
Mars retrograde: 16 Apr – 30 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Apr – 25 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 15 Mar – 3 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 11 Jan – 10 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 15 Sept 2220 – 18 Feb; 17 Sept – 21 Feb 2222
Pluto retrograde: 10 Jan – 15 Jun
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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