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.
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 15°44′♍︎ Virgo 5°43′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 28°09′♑︎ Capricorn 11°53′
- Pluto157 days♐︎ Sagittarius 4°47′♐︎ Sagittarius 1°59′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 29°31′♐︎ Sagittarius 25°30′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 18°48′♉︎ Taurus 8°45′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 24°11′♑︎ Capricorn 17°34′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 3°36′♒︎ Aquarius 0°50′
- Mars71 days♐︎ Sagittarius 29°55′♐︎ Sagittarius 15°11′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 0°45′♊︎ Gemini 14°14′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 25°22′♍︎ Virgo 11°45′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°18′♐︎ Sagittarius 25°59′
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: 1 Jan – 21 Jan; 23 Apr – 17 May; 26 Aug – 18 Sept; 16 Dec – 4 Jan 2491
Venus retrograde: 22 May – 4 Jul
Mars retrograde: 10 May – 20 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 30 Dec 2489 – 1 May
Saturn retrograde: 2 May – 21 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 2 Apr – 3 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 5 May – 12 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 7 Mar – 11 Aug
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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