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.
- Pluto166 days♈︎ Aries 25°56′♈︎ Aries 23°55′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 19°21′♍︎ Virgo 9°21′
- Saturn139 days♏︎ Scorpio 4°34′♎︎ Libra 27°50′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 10°42′♒︎ Aquarius 25°38′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 25°13′♒︎ Aquarius 22°26′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 25°36′♒︎ Aquarius 21°40′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 11°07′♋︎ Cancer 2°13′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 26°57′♈︎ Aries 24°55′
- Mars67 days♉︎ Taurus 15°13′♉︎ Taurus 1°20′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 9°42′♎︎ Libra 24°05′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 6°05′♐︎ Sagittarius 20°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: 15 Feb – 8 Mar; 15 Jun – 9 Jul; 12 Oct – 2 Nov
Venus retrograde: 30 Nov – 9 Jan 2337
Mars retrograde: 26 Sept – 1 Dec
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Jan – 5 May
Saturn retrograde: 13 Feb – 30 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 30 May – 31 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 28 May – 3 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 26 Jul 2335 – 8 Jan; 27 Jul – 8 Jan 2337
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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