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.
- Mars79 days♌︎ Leo 9°53′♋︎ Cancer 20°52′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 24°28′♍︎ Virgo 14°29′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 5°26′♒︎ Aquarius 20°00′
- Saturn139 days♏︎ Scorpio 21°30′♏︎ Scorpio 14°48′
- Pluto161 days♑︎ Capricorn 28°03′♑︎ Capricorn 25°31′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 24°16′♊︎ Gemini 7°47′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 4°02′♊︎ Gemini 25°25′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 26°50′♓︎ Pisces 24°02′
- Uranus154 days♈︎ Aries 7°48′♈︎ Aries 3°52′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 4°30′♎︎ Libra 19°07′
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: 9 Feb – 2 Mar; 8 Jun – 2 Jul; 6 Oct – 28 Oct
Venus retrograde: 16 May – 28 Jun
Mars retrograde: 11 Dec 2513 – 28 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Jan – 11 May
Saturn retrograde: 1 Mar – 18 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 12 Jul – 13 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 29 Jun – 5 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 29 Apr – 8 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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