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.
- Mars75 days♋︎ Cancer 5°37′♊︎ Gemini 17°48′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 9°05′♍︎ Virgo 6°17′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 22°55′♑︎ Capricorn 6°39′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 15°15′♓︎ Pisces 29°04′
- Pluto161 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°06′♑︎ Capricorn 10°29′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 13°17′♉︎ Taurus 3°04′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 26°12′♓︎ Pisces 22°18′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 27°40′♓︎ Pisces 20°55′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 19°56′♍︎ Virgo 6°25′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 9°52′♈︎ Aries 29°54′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 7°04′♐︎ Sagittarius 20°45′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 11°16′♍︎ Virgo 8°29′
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: 28 Dec 2259 – 17 Jan; 18 Apr – 12 May; 21 Aug – 13 Sept; 11 Dec – 30 Dec
Venus retrograde: 6 Mar – 17 Apr
Mars retrograde: 9 Nov 2259 – 23 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Aug – 24 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 8 Jul – 24 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 30 Jun – 1 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 11 Dec 2259 – 17 May; 13 Dec – 19 May 2261
Pluto retrograde: 14 Apr – 21 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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