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 14°51′♌︎ Leo 12°03′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 3°27′♑︎ Capricorn 18°00′
- Mars81 days♎︎ Libra 1°32′♍︎ Virgo 12°11′
- Saturn140 days♏︎ Scorpio 19°59′♏︎ Scorpio 13°18′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 4°58′♓︎ Pisces 21°33′
- Pluto159 days♐︎ Sagittarius 18°49′♐︎ Sagittarius 16°05′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°15′♒︎ Aquarius 8°19′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 10°05′♋︎ Cancer 29°25′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 10°56′♊︎ Gemini 0°54′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 2°53′♏︎ Scorpio 16°48′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 17°03′♌︎ Leo 14°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: 10 Mar – 2 Apr; 13 Jul – 6 Aug; 5 Nov – 25 Nov
Venus retrograde: 26 Dec 2248 – 5 Feb
Mars retrograde: 1 Feb – 23 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Sept – 25 Jan 2250
Saturn retrograde: 27 Feb – 17 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 16 May – 18 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 16 Nov 2248 – 22 Apr; 19 Nov – 25 Apr 2250
Pluto retrograde: 21 Mar – 27 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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