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.
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 26°51′♉︎ Taurus 19°57′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 19°05′♌︎ Leo 9°02′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 27°16′♍︎ Virgo 7°48′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 2°48′♒︎ Aquarius 17°17′
- Pluto159 days♑︎ Capricorn 1°16′♐︎ Sagittarius 28°34′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 15°56′♒︎ Aquarius 11°59′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 27°54′♒︎ Aquarius 25°07′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 0°50′♊︎ Gemini 22°16′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 5°22′♌︎ Leo 18°57′
- Saturn135 days♊︎ Gemini 10°37′♊︎ Gemini 3°42′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 1°51′♎︎ Libra 16°33′
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: 6 Feb – 27 Feb; 5 Jun – 29 Jun; 3 Oct – 25 Oct
Venus retrograde: 29 Jul – 10 Sept
Mars retrograde: 27 Jan – 18 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Dec 2500 – 4 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 8 Sept 2500 – 21 Jan; 22 Sept – 4 Feb 2502
Uranus retrograde: 20 May – 21 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 30 May – 6 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 3 Apr – 9 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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