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.
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 18°55′♑︎ Capricorn 2°37′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 7°55′♑︎ Capricorn 22°28′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 6°47′♌︎ Leo 17°19′
- Pluto157 days♏︎ Scorpio 19°18′♏︎ Scorpio 16°29′
- Saturn139 days♏︎ Scorpio 14°58′♏︎ Scorpio 8°15′
- Uranus152 days♐︎ Sagittarius 2°41′♏︎ Scorpio 28°36′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 8°07′♈︎ Aries 27°13′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°26′♑︎ Capricorn 17°40′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 22°28′♓︎ Pisces 12°35′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 15°04′♍︎ Virgo 2°07′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 3°07′♐︎ Sagittarius 16°49′
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: 23 Dec 2483 – 12 Jan; 12 Apr – 6 May; 15 Aug – 8 Sept; 6 Dec – 25 Dec
Venus retrograde: 30 Dec 2483 – 9 Feb
Mars retrograde: 6 Jan – 27 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Jul – 6 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 22 Feb – 10 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 6 Mar – 5 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 21 Apr – 28 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 20 Feb – 26 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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