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.
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 24°00′♋︎ Cancer 21°49′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 9°38′♍︎ Virgo 6°50′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 1°12′♑︎ Capricorn 14°58′
- Saturn138 days♏︎ Scorpio 1°13′♎︎ Libra 24°28′
- Mars80 days♎︎ Libra 28°20′♎︎ Libra 9°34′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 22°35′♉︎ Taurus 12°52′
- Jupiter120 days♒︎ Aquarius 26°41′♒︎ Aquarius 16°51′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 12°49′♓︎ Pisces 8°54′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 28°48′♍︎ Virgo 14°55′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 25°13′♋︎ Cancer 23°02′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 9°02′♏︎ Scorpio 23°38′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 11°49′♍︎ Virgo 9°01′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 15°19′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°01′
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 – 25 Jan; 27 Apr – 21 May; 29 Aug – 21 Sept; 19 Dec – 8 Jan 2425
Venus retrograde: 2 Nov – 13 Dec
Mars retrograde: 1 Mar – 20 May
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Jun – 12 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 9 Feb – 26 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 16 Jun – 17 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 12 Dec 2423 – 17 May; 13 Dec – 19 May 2425
Pluto retrograde: 25 Oct 2423 – 4 Apr; 25 Oct – 5 Apr 2425
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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