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.
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 20°19′♉︎ Taurus 17°30′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 3°23′♊︎ Gemini 1°25′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 3°20′♋︎ Cancer 29°13′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 29°24′♍︎ Virgo 9°59′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 18°40′♓︎ Pisces 4°01′
- Venus43 days♉︎ Taurus 23°35′♉︎ Taurus 7°10′
- Jupiter123 days♑︎ Capricorn 3°41′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°50′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 25°11′♒︎ Aquarius 18°32′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 20°40′♋︎ Cancer 11°23′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 22°34′♉︎ Taurus 19°45′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 4°19′♊︎ Gemini 2°21′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 17°30′♏︎ Scorpio 1°43′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 7°57′♌︎ Leo 3°50′
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: 22 Feb – 17 Mar; 25 Jun – 19 Jul; 20 Oct – 10 Nov
Venus retrograde: 14 Apr – 27 May
Mars retrograde: 30 Jan – 21 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Apr – 21 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 5 Jun – 23 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 8 Nov 2374 – 7 Apr; 13 Nov – 10 Apr 2376
Neptune retrograde: 23 Aug 2374 – 28 Jan; 26 Aug – 30 Jan 2376
Pluto retrograde: 2 Sept 2374 – 14 Feb; 3 Sept – 15 Feb 2376
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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