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.
- Saturn136 days♉︎ Taurus 19°16′♉︎ Taurus 12°23′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°22′♑︎ Capricorn 0°03′
- Uranus149 days♎︎ Libra 1°18′♍︎ Virgo 27°09′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 16°00′♎︎ Libra 13°14′
- Mars80 days♎︎ Libra 23°02′♎︎ Libra 4°04′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 26°35′♈︎ Aries 10°21′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 22°03′♐︎ Sagittarius 19°17′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 5°13′♈︎ Aries 24°05′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°04′♒︎ Aquarius 2°14′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 12°11′♌︎ Leo 29°25′
- Saturn135 days♊︎ Gemini 2°58′♉︎ Taurus 26°03′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 0°34′♐︎ Sagittarius 14°17′
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: 20 Dec 2470 – 9 Jan; 10 Apr – 3 May; 13 Aug – 6 Sept; 4 Dec – 24 Dec
Venus retrograde: 17 Mar – 29 Apr
Mars retrograde: 23 Feb – 15 May
Jupiter retrograde: 30 May – 28 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 31 Aug 2470 – 13 Jan; 14 Sept – 27 Jan 2472
Uranus retrograde: 5 Jan – 3 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 23 Mar – 31 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 17 Jan – 23 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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