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.
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 5°27′♑︎ Capricorn 20°01′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 15°38′♏︎ Scorpio 5°44′
- Pluto158 days♐︎ Sagittarius 9°50′♐︎ Sagittarius 7°03′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 13°04′♈︎ Aries 0°00′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°14′♑︎ Capricorn 4°13′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 8°01′♒︎ Aquarius 5°14′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°59′♒︎ Aquarius 10°21′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 18°45′♌︎ Leo 7°44′
- Mars60 days♓︎ Pisces 7°08′♒︎ Aquarius 27°09′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 10°41′♏︎ Scorpio 24°34′
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: 17 Mar – 9 Apr; 20 Jul – 13 Aug; 12 Nov – 2 Dec
Venus retrograde: 28 Dec 2491 – 7 Feb
Mars retrograde: 24 Jul – 22 Sept
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Feb – 1 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 25 May – 13 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 11 Apr – 11 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 8 May – 16 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 11 Mar – 16 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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