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 10°25′♌︎ Leo 7°37′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°21′♑︎ Capricorn 4°04′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 28°16′♌︎ Leo 8°49′
- Saturn138 days♎︎ Libra 25°55′♎︎ Libra 19°09′
- Pluto158 days♐︎ Sagittarius 14°02′♐︎ Sagittarius 11°16′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 10°20′♈︎ Aries 29°55′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 4°04′♒︎ Aquarius 0°07′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 28°27′♊︎ Gemini 11°56′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 27°32′♓︎ Pisces 17°39′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 17°05′♍︎ Virgo 3°45′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 12°38′♌︎ Leo 9°50′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 4°31′♐︎ Sagittarius 18°12′
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: 25 Dec 2246 – 14 Jan; 16 Apr – 9 May; 19 Aug – 11 Sept; 9 Dec – 29 Dec
Venus retrograde: 21 May – 3 Jul
Mars retrograde: 29 Dec 2246 – 19 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 17 Jul – 13 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 4 Feb – 22 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 9 May – 10 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 13 Nov 2246 – 18 Apr; 15 Nov – 20 Apr 2248
Pluto retrograde: 17 Mar – 22 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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