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.
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 17°42′♊︎ Gemini 13°39′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 23°30′♑︎ Capricorn 8°08′
- Neptune159 days♎︎ Libra 24°59′♎︎ Libra 22°13′
- Mars81 days♎︎ Libra 9°22′♍︎ Virgo 20°08′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 20°33′♈︎ Aries 8°24′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°42′♐︎ Sagittarius 13°05′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 1°57′♑︎ Capricorn 22°07′
- Pluto163 days♒︎ Aquarius 20°16′♒︎ Aquarius 17°54′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 27°08′♌︎ Leo 15°14′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 22°00′♊︎ Gemini 17°57′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 17°12′♐︎ Sagittarius 0°58′
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: 26 Mar – 18 Apr; 29 Jul – 22 Aug; 20 Nov – 10 Dec
Venus retrograde: 16 Dec 2280 – 26 Jan
Mars retrograde: 9 Feb – 1 May
Jupiter retrograde: 19 May – 17 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 28 Mar – 16 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 22 Sept 2280 – 20 Feb; 27 Sept – 24 Feb 2282
Neptune retrograde: 25 Jan – 3 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 21 May – 31 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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