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 4°53′♉︎ Taurus 2°53′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 16°01′♊︎ Gemini 5°59′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 3°37′♐︎ Sagittarius 18°19′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 1°40′♑︎ Capricorn 15°28′
- Mars80 days♎︎ Libra 25°25′♎︎ Libra 6°36′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 23°23′♉︎ Taurus 13°48′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 18°27′♒︎ Aquarius 11°48′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 15°15′♓︎ Pisces 12°27′
- Uranus154 days♈︎ Aries 1°24′♓︎ Pisces 27°29′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 5°52′♉︎ Taurus 3°52′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 29°25′♍︎ Virgo 15°26′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 20°27′♋︎ Cancer 10°23′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 15°48′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°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: 5 Jan – 26 Jan; 29 Apr – 23 May; 31 Aug – 23 Sept; 20 Dec – 9 Jan 2346
Venus retrograde: 27 Nov 2344 – 7 Jan
Mars retrograde: 27 Feb – 18 May
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Oct 2344 – 30 Jan; 7 Nov – 6 Mar 2346
Saturn retrograde: 28 May – 16 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 6 Jul – 7 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 17 Jun – 24 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 4 Aug 2344 – 16 Jan; 5 Aug – 17 Jan 2346
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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