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.
- Mars73 days♊︎ Gemini 27°41′♊︎ Gemini 10°39′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 21°09′♋︎ Cancer 11°05′
- Saturn138 days♎︎ Libra 27°07′♎︎ Libra 20°20′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 8°38′♓︎ Pisces 25°12′
- Pluto161 days♑︎ Capricorn 24°15′♑︎ Capricorn 21°42′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 22°23′♓︎ Pisces 19°35′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 29°54′♓︎ Pisces 25°59′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 13°45′♌︎ Leo 3°07′
- Venus42 days♏︎ Scorpio 12°45′♎︎ Libra 27°04′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 6°37′♏︎ Scorpio 20°33′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 23°39′♌︎ Leo 13°36′
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 Mar – 6 Apr; 16 Jul – 9 Aug; 9 Nov – 29 Nov
Venus retrograde: 7 Oct – 18 Nov
Mars retrograde: 2 Nov 2511 – 15 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 8 Nov 2511 – 6 Mar; 9 Dec – 9 Apr 2513
Saturn retrograde: 5 Feb – 22 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 4 Jul – 5 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 24 Jun – 30 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 25 Apr – 3 Oct
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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