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.
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 16°17′♊︎ Gemini 6°14′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 28°59′♋︎ Cancer 26°46′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 18°23′♍︎ Virgo 15°36′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 25°12′♒︎ Aquarius 9°34′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 12°48′♒︎ Aquarius 27°46′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 18°30′♐︎ Sagittarius 11°51′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 13°24′♋︎ Cancer 4°29′
- Mars64 days♒︎ Aquarius 3°15′♑︎ Capricorn 21°44′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 28°40′♓︎ Pisces 24°45′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 11°48′♎︎ Libra 26°10′
- Pluto162 days♌︎ Leo 0°16′♋︎ Cancer 28°03′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 20°50′♋︎ Cancer 10°46′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 20°35′♍︎ Virgo 17°47′
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: 16 Feb – 9 Mar; 16 Jun – 11 Jul; 13 Oct – 3 Nov
Venus retrograde: 17 Jan – 27 Feb
Mars retrograde: 18 Jun – 21 Aug
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Oct 2427 – 30 Jan; 7 Nov – 6 Mar 2429
Saturn retrograde: 27 Mar – 15 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 2 Jul – 3 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 20 Dec 2427 – 26 May; 22 Dec – 28 May 2429
Pluto retrograde: 30 Oct 2427 – 8 Apr; 30 Oct – 10 Apr 2429
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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