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.
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 21°52′♈︎ Aries 19°49′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 13°26′♍︎ Virgo 6°32′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 29°06′♑︎ Capricorn 12°52′
- Venus42 days♓︎ Pisces 24°11′♓︎ Pisces 8°12′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 20°21′♉︎ Taurus 10°35′
- Mars72 days♐︎ Sagittarius 22°50′♐︎ Sagittarius 7°43′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 9°25′♒︎ Aquarius 5°28′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°23′♒︎ Aquarius 13°36′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 22°53′♈︎ Aries 20°51′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 26°38′♍︎ Virgo 12°47′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 11°04′♊︎ Gemini 1°01′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°14′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°55′
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: 4 Jan – 24 Jan; 26 Apr – 19 May; 28 Aug – 20 Sept; 17 Dec – 6 Jan 2333
Venus retrograde: 14 Feb – 27 Mar
Mars retrograde: 3 May – 14 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Sept – 25 Jan 2333
Saturn retrograde: 25 Dec 2331 – 8 May
Uranus retrograde: 14 May – 15 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 18 May – 25 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 22 Jul 2331 – 4 Jan; 23 Jul – 4 Jan 2333
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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