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.
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 18°18′♍︎ Virgo 11°25′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 9°57′♑︎ Capricorn 23°50′
- Pluto161 days♑︎ Capricorn 18°21′♑︎ Capricorn 15°45′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 2°50′♉︎ Taurus 23°39′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 15°41′♓︎ Pisces 12°53′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 18°01′♓︎ Pisces 14°07′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 3°13′♌︎ Leo 16°46′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 10°14′♉︎ Taurus 0°15′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 8°10′♍︎ Virgo 23°51′
- Mars63 days♈︎ Aries 26°27′♈︎ Aries 14°27′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 24°03′♑︎ Capricorn 7°46′
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: 14 Jan – 3 Feb; 8 May – 1 Jun; 9 Sept – 1 Oct; 28 Dec – 17 Jan 2510
Venus retrograde: 27 Jul – 8 Sept
Mars retrograde: 10 Sept – 12 Nov
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Aug – 25 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 28 Dec 2508 – 13 May
Uranus retrograde: 22 Jun – 23 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 18 Jun – 24 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 19 Apr – 27 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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