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.
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 23°58′♑︎ Capricorn 7°42′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 13°30′♎︎ Libra 9°21′
- Saturn138 days♎︎ Libra 27°48′♎︎ Libra 21°03′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°23′♐︎ Sagittarius 16°36′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 14°24′♉︎ Taurus 4°13′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 24°09′♓︎ Pisces 22°00′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 17°04′♓︎ Pisces 7°12′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 20°06′♌︎ Leo 3°38′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 21°01′♍︎ Virgo 7°30′
- Mars74 days♊︎ Gemini 28°25′♊︎ Gemini 11°05′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°07′♐︎ Sagittarius 21°48′
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: 29 Dec 2305 – 18 Jan; 20 Apr – 14 May; 23 Aug – 15 Sept; 13 Dec – 2 Jan 2307
Venus retrograde: 14 Jul – 26 Aug
Mars retrograde: 3 Nov – 16 Jan 2307
Jupiter retrograde: 7 Jul – 3 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 6 Feb – 24 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 18 Jan – 17 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 22 Mar – 29 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 25 Jun – 6 Dec
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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