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.
- Mars78 days♌︎ Leo 1°04′♋︎ Cancer 12°18′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 20°49′♒︎ Aquarius 4°55′
- Saturn137 days♎︎ Libra 20°18′♎︎ Libra 13°31′
- Pluto156 days♏︎ Scorpio 14°05′♏︎ Scorpio 11°15′
- Uranus152 days♏︎ Scorpio 23°28′♏︎ Scorpio 19°23′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°03′♑︎ Capricorn 13°17′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°12′♑︎ Capricorn 3°22′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 16°08′♊︎ Gemini 7°28′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 2°54′♊︎ Gemini 16°24′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 19°36′♎︎ Libra 4°44′
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: 24 Jan – 14 Feb; 21 May – 14 Jun; 20 Sept – 12 Oct
Venus retrograde: 24 May – 6 Jul
Mars retrograde: 2 Dec 2481 – 18 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Apr – 29 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 28 Jan – 15 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 25 Feb – 27 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 17 Apr – 24 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 14 Feb – 21 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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