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♌︎ Leo 3°47′♌︎ Leo 0°58′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 17°34′♍︎ Virgo 10°42′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 8°36′♒︎ Aquarius 23°30′
- Pluto158 days♐︎ Sagittarius 6°38′♐︎ Sagittarius 3°51′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 19°52′♈︎ Aries 3°37′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 15°16′♐︎ Sagittarius 5°25′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 21°35′♑︎ Capricorn 17°37′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 8°51′♊︎ Gemini 29°59′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 7°35′♎︎ Libra 21°59′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 6°00′♌︎ Leo 3°11′
- Mars77 days♋︎ Cancer 21°50′♋︎ Cancer 3°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: 12 Feb – 5 Mar; 12 Jun – 6 Jul; 9 Oct – 30 Oct
Venus retrograde: 11 Mar – 22 Apr
Mars retrograde: 23 Nov – 8 Feb 2245
Jupiter retrograde: 31 Mar – 1 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 28 Dec 2243 – 12 May
Uranus retrograde: 25 Apr – 26 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 6 Nov 2243 – 11 Apr; 8 Nov – 13 Apr 2245
Pluto retrograde: 9 Mar – 14 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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