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♌︎ Leo 8°27′♌︎ Leo 1°30′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 14°45′♐︎ Sagittarius 28°26′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 14°42′♍︎ Virgo 10°33′
- Jupiter121 days♍︎ Virgo 6°06′♌︎ Leo 26°05′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 3°37′♓︎ Pisces 17°32′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 6°17′♐︎ Sagittarius 3°31′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 3°45′♈︎ Aries 22°42′
- Mars74 days♐︎ Sagittarius 11°35′♏︎ Scorpio 25°31′
- Pluto164 days♓︎ Pisces 16°44′♓︎ Pisces 14°32′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 10°41′♌︎ Leo 27°49′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 28°56′♐︎ Sagittarius 12°39′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 22°22′♌︎ Leo 15°26′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 19°30′♍︎ Virgo 15°21′
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: 19 Dec 2299 – 8 Jan; 9 Apr – 3 May; 12 Aug – 5 Sept; 3 Dec – 23 Dec
Venus retrograde: 23 Feb – 6 Apr
Mars retrograde: 20 Apr – 3 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 22 Dec 2299 – 22 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 19 Nov 2299 – 2 Apr; 3 Dec – 17 Apr 2301
Uranus retrograde: 20 Dec 2299 – 18 May; 25 Dec – 23 May 2301
Neptune retrograde: 8 Mar – 15 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 17 Jun – 28 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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