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.
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 26°36′♉︎ Taurus 22°36′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 27°12′♌︎ Leo 17°10′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 14°05′♎︎ Libra 11°18′
- Saturn138 days♎︎ Libra 20°26′♎︎ Libra 13°39′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 23°32′♓︎ Pisces 9°16′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 10°38′♓︎ Pisces 24°28′
- Pluto163 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°20′♒︎ Aquarius 9°55′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 26°45′♋︎ Cancer 17°02′
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 0°46′♉︎ Taurus 26°46′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 22°07′♏︎ Scorpio 6°13′
- Mars78 days♌︎ Leo 0°53′♋︎ Cancer 12°00′
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: 27 Feb – 21 Mar; 29 Jun – 24 Jul; 24 Oct – 14 Nov
Venus retrograde: 1 Mar – 12 Apr
Mars retrograde: 2 Dec – 18 Feb 2277
Jupiter retrograde: 13 Dec 2275 – 12 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 29 Jan – 15 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 1 Sept 2275 – 30 Jan; 5 Sept – 3 Feb 2277
Neptune retrograde: 15 Jan – 21 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 12 May – 22 Oct
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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