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.
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 28°36′♒︎ Aquarius 13°02′
- Uranus152 days♐︎ Sagittarius 4°56′♐︎ Sagittarius 0°52′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°24′♑︎ Capricorn 10°38′
- Mars67 days♑︎ Capricorn 14°26′♑︎ Capricorn 1°25′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 26°17′♊︎ Gemini 17°44′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°36′♒︎ Aquarius 6°45′
- Saturn140 days♓︎ Pisces 5°11′♒︎ Aquarius 28°31′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 6°53′♈︎ Aries 4°47′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 26°37′♎︎ Libra 10°46′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 27°36′♎︎ Libra 12°20′
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: 2 Feb – 23 Feb; 1 Jun – 25 Jun; 29 Sept – 21 Oct
Venus retrograde: 21 Sept – 2 Nov
Mars retrograde: 29 May – 4 Aug
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Jun – 3 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 15 Jun – 2 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 10 Mar – 9 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 15 Apr – 22 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 7 Jul – 19 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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