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.
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 29°55′♋︎ Cancer 25°48′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°49′♐︎ Sagittarius 27°30′
- Pluto158 days♍︎ Virgo 16°55′♍︎ Virgo 14°18′
- Neptune159 days♏︎ Scorpio 23°46′♏︎ Scorpio 21°00′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 24°49′♐︎ Sagittarius 18°12′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 2°21′♈︎ Aries 20°59′
- Jupiter123 days♑︎ Capricorn 4°05′♐︎ Sagittarius 24°14′
- Mars73 days♐︎ Sagittarius 18°25′♐︎ Sagittarius 2°42′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 9°22′♊︎ Gemini 22°51′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 9°17′♌︎ Leo 26°42′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 4°30′♌︎ Leo 0°22′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 28°01′♐︎ Sagittarius 11°44′
- Pluto158 days♍︎ Virgo 18°57′♍︎ Virgo 16°19′
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: 17 Dec 2457 – 6 Jan; 7 Apr – 30 Apr; 10 Aug – 3 Sept; 1 Dec – 21 Dec
Venus retrograde: 31 May – 13 Jul
Mars retrograde: 27 Apr – 9 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 19 Apr – 20 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 3 Apr – 21 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 4 Nov 2457 – 2 Apr; 9 Nov – 7 Apr 2459
Neptune retrograde: 23 Feb – 1 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 18 Dec 2457 – 25 May; 20 Dec – 27 May 2459
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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