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.
- Pluto159 days♐︎ Sagittarius 24°23′♐︎ Sagittarius 21°39′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 23°08′♈︎ Aries 10°55′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 3°37′♑︎ Capricorn 29°40′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 28°35′♊︎ Gemini 12°06′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 21°16′♒︎ Aquarius 18°29′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 29°42′♌︎ Leo 17°52′
- Saturn137 days♉︎ Taurus 0°06′♈︎ Aries 23°17′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 11°25′♊︎ Gemini 1°23′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°53′♐︎ Sagittarius 3°40′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 23°40′♌︎ Leo 4°20′
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: 28 Mar – 20 Apr; 31 Jul – 24 Aug; 22 Nov – 12 Dec
Venus retrograde: 19 May – 1 Jul
Mars retrograde: 24 Dec – 13 Mar 2499
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Sept – 25 Jan 2499
Saturn retrograde: 10 Aug – 25 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 7 May – 8 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 23 May – 30 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 26 Mar – 1 Sept
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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