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♉︎ Taurus 2°55′♉︎ Taurus 0°55′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 21°40′♍︎ Virgo 2°11′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 3°51′♒︎ Aquarius 18°28′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 2°23′♉︎ Taurus 15°57′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 25°32′♑︎ Capricorn 18°55′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 2°41′♊︎ Gemini 24°03′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 10°47′♓︎ Pisces 8°00′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 23°29′♓︎ Pisces 19°34′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 3°54′♉︎ Taurus 1°54′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 9°49′♈︎ Aries 29°51′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 2°54′♎︎ Libra 17°29′
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: 8 Feb – 1 Mar; 7 Jun – 1 Jul; 5 Oct – 27 Oct
Venus retrograde: 24 Apr – 6 Jun
Mars retrograde: 22 Jan – 13 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 30 Aug – 25 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 5 May – 23 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 28 Jun – 29 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 13 Jun – 20 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 2 Aug 2342 – 15 Jan; 4 Aug – 16 Jan 2344
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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