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.
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 29°37′♊︎ Gemini 27°35′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 20°56′♋︎ Cancer 18°07′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 7°32′♒︎ Aquarius 22°16′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 10°38′♐︎ Sagittarius 6°34′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°13′♑︎ Capricorn 20°36′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 7°02′♊︎ Gemini 28°18′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 24°22′♋︎ Cancer 7°51′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 29°23′♈︎ Aries 19°26′
- Pluto164 days♋︎ Cancer 0°38′♊︎ Gemini 28°36′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 6°35′♎︎ Libra 21°05′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 23°09′♋︎ Cancer 20°21′
- Mars78 days♋︎ Cancer 28°01′♋︎ Cancer 9°18′
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: 11 Feb – 4 Mar; 11 Jun – 5 Jul; 8 Oct – 30 Oct
Venus retrograde: 16 Jun – 29 Jul
Mars retrograde: 30 Nov – 15 Feb 2403
Jupiter retrograde: 19 Aug – 14 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 6 May – 24 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 15 Mar – 15 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 23 Oct 2401 – 29 Mar; 26 Oct – 31 Mar 2403
Pluto retrograde: 29 Sept 2401 – 12 Mar; 30 Sept – 13 Mar 2403
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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