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.
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 27°37′♈︎ Aries 23°41′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 14°55′♒︎ Aquarius 29°55′
- Mars77 days♏︎ Scorpio 24°32′♏︎ Scorpio 6°56′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 0°29′♑︎ Capricorn 23°52′
- Pluto162 days♒︎ Aquarius 8°52′♒︎ Aquarius 6°25′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 15°41′♋︎ Cancer 6°43′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 10°16′♈︎ Aries 7°27′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 8°29′♓︎ Pisces 28°35′
- Uranus153 days♉︎ Taurus 1°37′♈︎ Aries 27°41′
- Venus42 days♏︎ Scorpio 10°24′♎︎ Libra 24°41′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 13°55′♎︎ Libra 28°16′
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: 19 Feb – 12 Mar; 19 Jun – 13 Jul; 16 Oct – 6 Nov
Venus retrograde: 4 Oct – 15 Nov
Mars retrograde: 30 Mar – 15 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 28 Jul – 23 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 9 May – 27 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 2 Aug 2519 – 2 Jan; 6 Aug – 5 Jan 2521
Neptune retrograde: 13 Jul – 18 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 9 May – 18 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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