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♉︎ Taurus 0°56′♈︎ Aries 28°56′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 17°52′♋︎ Cancer 28°36′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 7°06′♓︎ Pisces 23°45′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 2°51′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°15′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 6°20′♓︎ Pisces 3°32′
- Jupiter120 days♒︎ Aquarius 26°47′♒︎ Aquarius 16°56′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 15°33′♓︎ Pisces 11°38′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 12°20′♌︎ Leo 1°36′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 1°55′♈︎ Aries 29°55′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 19°45′♎︎ Libra 3°48′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 4°59′♏︎ Scorpio 18°54′
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: 13 Mar – 5 Apr; 15 Jul – 8 Aug; 8 Nov – 28 Nov
Venus retrograde: 14 Sept – 26 Oct
Mars retrograde: 19 Dec 2340 – 8 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 15 Jun – 13 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 11 Apr – 31 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 20 Jun – 21 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 8 Jun – 15 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 31 Jul 2340 – 12 Jan; 1 Aug – 13 Jan 2342
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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