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.
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 5°39′♉︎ Taurus 1°42′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°32′♑︎ Capricorn 26°28′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 5°54′♉︎ Taurus 26°52′
- Pluto162 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°17′♒︎ Aquarius 9°51′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 22°06′♊︎ Gemini 5°37′
- Mars68 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°36′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°03′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 23°26′♒︎ Aquarius 16°47′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 14°45′♈︎ Aries 11°57′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 9°41′♉︎ Taurus 5°44′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 10°54′♍︎ Virgo 26°28′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 21°34′♊︎ Gemini 11°32′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 26°37′♑︎ Capricorn 10°21′
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: 16 Jan – 6 Feb; 11 May – 4 Jun; 12 Sept – 4 Oct; 31 Dec – 20 Jan 2523
Venus retrograde: 13 May – 25 Jun
Mars retrograde: 26 May – 2 Aug
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Oct – 5 Feb 2523
Saturn retrograde: 2 Jun – 21 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 10 Aug 2521 – 9 Jan; 14 Aug – 14 Jan 2523
Neptune retrograde: 18 Jul – 23 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 13 May – 23 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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