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 26°31′♑︎ Capricorn 10°16′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 13°56′♐︎ Sagittarius 9°53′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°47′♑︎ Capricorn 15°01′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 17°22′♉︎ Taurus 7°24′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 8°58′♉︎ Taurus 22°29′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 9°06′♈︎ Aries 7°01′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 29°29′♓︎ Pisces 22°44′
- Mars61 days♓︎ Pisces 29°24′♓︎ Pisces 18°56′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 29°19′♈︎ Aries 19°22′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 23°50′♍︎ Virgo 10°08′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 10°40′♐︎ Sagittarius 24°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: 1 Jan – 21 Jan; 23 Apr – 17 May; 26 Aug – 18 Sept; 16 Dec – 4 Jan 2320
Venus retrograde: 1 May – 13 Jun
Mars retrograde: 17 Aug – 17 Oct
Jupiter retrograde: 19 Aug – 15 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 11 Jul – 27 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 19 Mar – 19 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 20 Apr – 27 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 10 Jul – 22 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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