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♒︎ Aquarius 7°23′♑︎ Capricorn 21°14′
- Pluto158 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°39′♐︎ Sagittarius 16°54′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 25°17′♑︎ Capricorn 21°18′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 29°46′♉︎ Taurus 20°26′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°51′♒︎ Aquarius 14°04′
- Saturn139 days♈︎ Aries 4°38′♓︎ Pisces 27°53′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 27°48′♓︎ Pisces 17°56′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 5°26′♍︎ Virgo 21°14′
- Venus42 days♏︎ Scorpio 17°28′♏︎ Scorpio 1°50′
- Mars76 days♋︎ Cancer 15°23′♊︎ Gemini 27°17′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 21°30′♑︎ Capricorn 5°12′
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: 11 Jan – 31 Jan; 4 May – 28 May; 5 Sept – 27 Sept; 25 Dec – 14 Jan 2497
Venus retrograde: 11 Oct – 21 Nov
Mars retrograde: 17 Nov – 1 Feb 2497
Jupiter retrograde: 16 Jul – 11 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 14 Jul – 30 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 28 Apr – 29 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 18 May – 25 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 21 Mar – 26 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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