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♍︎ Virgo 11°16′♍︎ Virgo 8°29′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 25°08′♈︎ Aries 13°24′
- Pluto161 days♑︎ Capricorn 15°07′♑︎ Capricorn 12°31′
- Uranus154 days♈︎ Aries 0°10′♓︎ Pisces 26°15′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 10°16′♈︎ Aries 3°29′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 1°56′♌︎ Leo 19°40′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 16°03′♊︎ Gemini 6°01′
- Venus42 days♏︎ Scorpio 12°58′♎︎ Libra 27°20′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 21°16′♐︎ Sagittarius 5°01′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 13°28′♍︎ Virgo 10°40′
- Mars79 days♌︎ Leo 14°58′♋︎ Cancer 25°42′
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: 31 Mar – 23 Apr; 3 Aug – 27 Aug; 24 Nov – 14 Dec
Venus retrograde: 7 Oct – 18 Nov
Mars retrograde: 16 Dec – 5 Mar 2262
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Oct – 30 Jan 2262
Saturn retrograde: 21 Jul – 6 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 4 Jul – 5 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 13 Dec 2260 – 19 May; 15 Dec – 21 May 2262
Pluto retrograde: 16 Apr – 24 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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