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.
- Mars72 days♊︎ Gemini 16°02′♉︎ Taurus 29°47′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 24°25′♍︎ Virgo 17°33′
- Pluto156 days♏︎ Scorpio 8°51′♏︎ Scorpio 6°02′
- Uranus151 days♏︎ Scorpio 14°09′♏︎ Scorpio 10°03′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 11°17′♏︎ Scorpio 1°22′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 23°28′♓︎ Pisces 8°59′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 11°40′♑︎ Capricorn 8°54′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 26°07′♋︎ Cancer 16°37′
- Venus42 days♏︎ Scorpio 22°13′♏︎ Scorpio 6°38′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 22°12′♏︎ Scorpio 6°22′
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: 27 Feb – 20 Mar; 28 Jun – 23 Jul; 24 Oct – 13 Nov
Venus retrograde: 16 Oct – 26 Nov
Mars retrograde: 22 Oct 2479 – 2 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 24 Feb – 27 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 3 Jan – 18 May
Uranus retrograde: 17 Feb – 17 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 12 Apr – 19 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 10 Feb – 15 Jul
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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