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 29°56′♈︎ Aries 27°56′
- Venus42 days♓︎ Pisces 21°49′♓︎ Pisces 5°51′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 24°28′♈︎ Aries 12°34′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 21°29′♐︎ Sagittarius 14°52′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 22°27′♑︎ Capricorn 12°37′
- Neptune160 days♓︎ Pisces 4°06′♓︎ Pisces 1°19′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 11°34′♓︎ Pisces 7°39′
- Pluto166 days♉︎ Taurus 0°56′♈︎ Aries 28°56′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 1°12′♌︎ Leo 19°05′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 20°48′♐︎ Sagittarius 4°34′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 17°52′♋︎ Cancer 28°36′
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: 30 Mar – 23 Apr; 2 Aug – 26 Aug; 24 Nov – 14 Dec
Venus retrograde: 12 Feb – 25 Mar
Mars retrograde: 19 Dec – 8 Mar 2341
Jupiter retrograde: 9 May – 8 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 31 Mar – 19 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 15 Jun – 17 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 6 Jun – 12 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 31 Jul 2339 – 12 Jan; 31 Jul – 12 Jan 2341
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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