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♊︎ Gemini 9°10′♊︎ Gemini 5°09′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 6°09′♌︎ Leo 16°39′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 4°44′♑︎ Capricorn 18°35′
- Neptune159 days♎︎ Libra 20°38′♎︎ Libra 17°51′
- Saturn140 days♏︎ Scorpio 26°37′♏︎ Scorpio 19°57′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 27°52′♏︎ Scorpio 17°59′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 27°14′♉︎ Taurus 17°57′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 19°48′♊︎ Gemini 3°19′
- Pluto163 days♒︎ Aquarius 17°09′♒︎ Aquarius 14°46′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 2°47′♍︎ Virgo 18°33′
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 13°25′♊︎ Gemini 9°23′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 18°50′♑︎ Capricorn 2°32′
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: 8 Jan – 29 Jan; 3 May – 26 May; 3 Sept – 26 Sept; 23 Dec – 12 Jan 2280
Venus retrograde: 11 May – 23 Jun
Mars retrograde: 6 Jan – 27 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Mar – 15 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 6 Mar – 24 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 14 Sept 2278 – 12 Feb; 18 Sept – 16 Feb 2280
Neptune retrograde: 21 Jan – 29 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 18 May – 28 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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