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.
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 14°04′♋︎ Cancer 9°59′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 29°45′♋︎ Cancer 19°41′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°11′♐︎ Sagittarius 25°52′
- Neptune159 days♏︎ Scorpio 8°02′♏︎ Scorpio 5°15′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 0°52′♈︎ Aries 19°36′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 17°38′♊︎ Gemini 1°10′
- Pluto164 days♒︎ Aquarius 29°13′♒︎ Aquarius 26°54′
- Saturn140 days♒︎ Aquarius 28°24′♒︎ Aquarius 21°44′
- Mars60 days♓︎ Pisces 11°05′♓︎ Pisces 1°08′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 7°47′♌︎ Leo 25°07′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 18°35′♋︎ Cancer 14°29′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 26°23′♐︎ Sagittarius 10°06′
- Jupiter121 days♍︎ Virgo 1°37′♌︎ Leo 21°36′
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: 16 Dec 2286 – 5 Jan; 6 Apr – 29 Apr; 9 Aug – 2 Sept; 30 Nov – 20 Dec
Venus retrograde: 9 May – 21 Jun
Mars retrograde: 30 Jul – 28 Sept
Jupiter retrograde: 16 Nov 2286 – 16 Mar; 17 Dec – 17 Apr 2288
Saturn retrograde: 8 Jun – 26 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 20 Oct 2286 – 18 Mar; 24 Oct – 22 Mar 2288
Neptune retrograde: 8 Feb – 17 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 30 May – 10 Nov
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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