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.
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 25°16′♉︎ Taurus 22°27′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 26°28′♋︎ Cancer 22°22′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 24°27′♒︎ Aquarius 8°38′
- Saturn138 days♎︎ Libra 21°50′♎︎ Libra 15°03′
- Jupiter123 days♑︎ Capricorn 4°12′♐︎ Sagittarius 24°21′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 20°24′♊︎ Gemini 11°49′
- Pluto164 days♓︎ Pisces 10°52′♓︎ Pisces 8°36′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 24°34′♌︎ Leo 8°06′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 27°31′♉︎ Taurus 24°42′
- Mars66 days♉︎ Taurus 12°40′♈︎ Aries 29°20′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 23°21′♎︎ Libra 8°22′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 1°01′♋︎ Cancer 26°54′
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: 28 Jan – 18 Feb; 25 May – 18 Jun; 24 Sept – 16 Oct
Venus retrograde: 17 Jul – 30 Aug
Mars retrograde: 23 Sept – 28 Nov
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Apr – 21 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 30 Jan – 17 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 1 Nov 2540 – 30 Mar; 5 Nov – 4 Apr 2542
Neptune retrograde: 28 Aug 2540 – 1 Feb; 30 Aug – 3 Feb 2542
Pluto retrograde: 10 Jun – 21 Nov
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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