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 8°46′♉︎ Taurus 6°47′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 23°42′♎︎ Libra 13°46′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 13°21′♒︎ Aquarius 28°25′
- Mars65 days♑︎ Capricorn 28°56′♑︎ Capricorn 17°10′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 14°19′♋︎ Cancer 5°18′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 24°10′♓︎ Pisces 21°22′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 6°41′♓︎ Pisces 29°54′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 17°14′♈︎ Aries 13°18′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 9°44′♉︎ Taurus 7°45′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 17°28′♎︎ Libra 1°29′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 12°18′♎︎ Libra 26°38′
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: 17 Feb – 11 Mar; 18 Jun – 12 Jul; 15 Oct – 5 Nov
Venus retrograde: 11 Sept – 24 Oct
Mars retrograde: 14 Jun – 18 Aug
Jupiter retrograde: 7 Feb – 10 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 18 Jul – 3 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 22 Jul – 22 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 26 Jun – 3 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 8 Aug 2348 – 20 Jan; 9 Aug – 21 Jan 2350
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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