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♍︎ Virgo 21°42′♍︎ Virgo 17°33′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 11°10′♎︎ Libra 8°25′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 19°33′♍︎ Virgo 0°03′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 18°13′♒︎ Aquarius 2°16′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 17°41′♐︎ Sagittarius 14°55′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 7°14′♏︎ Scorpio 27°22′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 12°59′♊︎ Gemini 4°15′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 14°04′♌︎ Leo 27°43′
- Saturn136 days♉︎ Taurus 5°52′♈︎ Aries 29°00′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 16°54′♎︎ Libra 2°09′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 26°30′♍︎ Virgo 22°21′
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: 21 Jan – 11 Feb; 17 May – 10 Jun; 17 Sept – 9 Oct
Venus retrograde: 7 Aug – 18 Sept
Mars retrograde: 18 Jan – 9 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 22 Mar – 24 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 16 Aug – 31 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 26 Dec 2468 – 24 May; 31 Dec – 29 May 2470
Neptune retrograde: 19 Mar – 26 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 12 Jan – 17 Jun
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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