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 28°07′♌︎ Leo 25°19′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 19°03′♏︎ Scorpio 9°10′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 14°58′♈︎ Aries 2°21′
- Pluto160 days♑︎ Capricorn 2°30′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°50′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 28°35′♑︎ Capricorn 21°58′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 26°18′♊︎ Gemini 9°47′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 6°22′♓︎ Pisces 2°27′
- Mars61 days♒︎ Aquarius 23°00′♒︎ Aquarius 12°49′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 21°08′♌︎ Leo 9°40′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 12°05′♏︎ Scorpio 25°55′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 0°19′♌︎ Leo 27°31′
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: 21 Mar – 13 Apr; 24 Jul – 17 Aug; 15 Nov – 5 Dec
Venus retrograde: 18 May – 30 Jun
Mars retrograde: 11 Jul – 10 Sept
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Mar – 6 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 8 May – 26 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 10 Jun – 12 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 30 Nov 2254 – 6 May; 3 Dec – 8 May 2256
Pluto retrograde: 4 Apr – 11 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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