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.
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 11°55′♊︎ Gemini 4°59′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 25°38′♌︎ Leo 21°29′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 26°35′♍︎ Virgo 7°09′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 19°13′♓︎ Pisces 4°40′
- Neptune160 days♏︎ Scorpio 27°36′♏︎ Scorpio 24°50′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 11°35′♓︎ Pisces 9°21′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 21°34′♋︎ Cancer 12°10′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 25°25′♉︎ Taurus 15°24′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 26°01′♊︎ Gemini 19°04′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 17°59′♏︎ Scorpio 2°10′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 0°23′♌︎ Leo 26°14′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 18°31′♑︎ Capricorn 3°11′
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: 23 Feb – 16 Mar; 24 Jun – 18 Jul; 20 Oct – 9 Nov
Venus retrograde: 11 Dec – 21 Jan 2297
Mars retrograde: 27 Jan – 17 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 13 Sept – 9 Jan 2297
Saturn retrograde: 24 Sept 2295 – 5 Feb; 7 Oct – 18 Feb 2297
Uranus retrograde: 1 Dec 2295 – 28 Apr; 5 Dec – 3 May 2297
Neptune retrograde: 27 Feb – 5 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 10 Jun – 22 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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