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.
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 24°17′♊︎ Gemini 20°15′
- Mars77 days♋︎ Cancer 21°52′♋︎ Cancer 3°26′
- Pluto159 days♍︎ Virgo 1°48′♌︎ Leo 29°18′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 16°44′♍︎ Virgo 9°51′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 6°20′♑︎ Capricorn 20°10′
- Neptune159 days♏︎ Scorpio 6°22′♏︎ Scorpio 3°36′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 28°38′♉︎ Taurus 19°17′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 11°30′♊︎ Gemini 25°00′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 4°20′♍︎ Virgo 20°10′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 20°37′♉︎ Taurus 10°38′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 28°38′♊︎ Gemini 24°35′
- Pluto159 days♍︎ Virgo 3°34′♍︎ Virgo 1°04′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°27′♑︎ Capricorn 4°09′
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: 10 Jan – 30 Jan; 3 May – 27 May; 4 Sept – 27 Sept; 24 Dec – 13 Jan 2451
Venus retrograde: 2 Jun – 15 Jul
Mars retrograde: 23 Nov 2449 – 8 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Sept – 4 Jan 2451
Saturn retrograde: 26 Dec 2449 – 11 May
Uranus retrograde: 29 Sept 2449 – 26 Feb; 3 Oct – 3 Mar 2451
Neptune retrograde: 6 Feb – 15 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 2 Dec 2449 – 10 May; 4 Dec – 12 May 2451
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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