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.
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 29°20′♋︎ Cancer 26°32′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 20°27′♌︎ Leo 13°32′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 14°48′♎︎ Libra 4°51′
- Pluto157 days♐︎ Sagittarius 1°35′♏︎ Scorpio 28°48′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 12°10′♓︎ Pisces 29°21′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°09′♑︎ Capricorn 9°10′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 18°07′♌︎ Leo 6°51′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 7°25′♌︎ Leo 21°02′
- Mars70 days♊︎ Gemini 4°53′♉︎ Taurus 19°10′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 1°33′♋︎ Cancer 28°45′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 9°31′♏︎ Scorpio 23°22′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 4°09′♌︎ Leo 27°15′
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: 18 Mar – 10 Apr; 21 Jul – 14 Aug; 13 Nov – 2 Dec
Venus retrograde: 1 Aug – 13 Sept
Mars retrograde: 13 Oct – 22 Dec
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Jan – 1 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 1 Dec 2241 – 15 Apr; 15 Dec – 29 Apr 2243
Uranus retrograde: 17 Apr – 18 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 1 Nov 2241 – 7 Apr; 4 Nov – 9 Apr 2243
Pluto retrograde: 5 Mar – 9 Aug
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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