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.
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 6°57′♌︎ Leo 4°40′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 1°32′♍︎ Virgo 28°45′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 22°24′♓︎ Pisces 7°55′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 24°46′♐︎ Sagittarius 14°55′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 26°53′♒︎ Aquarius 20°14′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 15°47′♊︎ Gemini 29°16′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 24°59′♋︎ Cancer 15°30′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 22°25′♈︎ Aries 18°29′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 21°09′♏︎ Scorpio 5°19′
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 8°20′♌︎ Leo 6°02′
- Mars78 days♌︎ Leo 6°52′♋︎ Cancer 17°54′
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: 25 Feb – 20 Mar; 28 Jun – 22 Jul; 24 Oct – 13 Nov
Venus retrograde: 7 Jun – 20 Jul
Mars retrograde: 8 Dec – 24 Feb 2435
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Apr – 11 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 6 Jun – 24 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 27 Jul – 27 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 2 Jan – 9 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 6 Nov 2433 – 17 Apr; 8 Nov – 18 Apr 2435
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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