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.
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 16°54′♋︎ Cancer 14°46′
- Mars76 days♋︎ Cancer 12°09′♊︎ Gemini 24°09′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 11°52′♌︎ Leo 4°55′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 26°24′♌︎ Leo 23°37′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 18°40′♌︎ Leo 8°37′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 21°58′♑︎ Capricorn 5°41′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 11°47′♉︎ Taurus 1°16′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 18°48′♒︎ Aquarius 14°51′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 20°05′♋︎ Cancer 3°33′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 18°37′♍︎ Virgo 5°21′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 18°03′♋︎ Cancer 15°56′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 28°37′♌︎ Leo 25°49′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 25°46′♌︎ Leo 18°51′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 6°09′♐︎ Sagittarius 19°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: 26 Dec 2417 – 15 Jan; 17 Apr – 10 May; 20 Aug – 12 Sept; 10 Dec – 30 Dec
Venus retrograde: 11 Jun – 25 Jul
Mars retrograde: 15 Nov 2417 – 29 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Dec 2417 – 4 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 22 Nov 2417 – 5 Apr; 6 Dec – 20 Apr 2419
Uranus retrograde: 23 May – 24 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 28 Nov 2417 – 4 May; 30 Nov – 6 May 2419
Pluto retrograde: 17 Oct 2417 – 28 Mar; 18 Oct – 30 Mar 2419
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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