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 23°42′♌︎ Leo 20°54′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 29°35′♑︎ Capricorn 13°23′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 19°08′♍︎ Virgo 9°09′
- Pluto159 days♐︎ Sagittarius 28°03′♐︎ Sagittarius 25°22′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 5°55′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°19′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 21°09′♉︎ Taurus 11°31′
- Mars72 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°16′♐︎ Sagittarius 3°57′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 28°23′♒︎ Aquarius 24°27′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 27°15′♍︎ Virgo 13°18′
- Venus42 days♏︎ Scorpio 15°20′♎︎ Libra 29°44′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 25°54′♌︎ Leo 23°06′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°43′♐︎ Sagittarius 27°24′
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: 3 Jan – 23 Jan; 26 Apr – 20 May; 29 Aug – 20 Sept; 18 Dec – 7 Jan 2254
Venus retrograde: 10 Oct – 20 Nov
Mars retrograde: 29 Apr – 10 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 3 Jan – 5 May
Saturn retrograde: 14 Apr – 2 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 2 Jun – 3 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 25 Nov 2252 – 1 May; 28 Nov – 4 May 2254
Pluto retrograde: 30 Mar – 6 Sept
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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