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♊︎ Gemini 24°32′♊︎ Gemini 21°43′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 27°35′♍︎ Virgo 23°25′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 27°04′♒︎ Aquarius 11°19′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 13°25′♉︎ Taurus 26°57′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 23°34′♊︎ Gemini 15°01′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°05′♒︎ Aquarius 2°15′
- Mars66 days♑︎ Capricorn 26°30′♑︎ Capricorn 14°13′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 27°28′♓︎ Pisces 25°18′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 24°04′♓︎ Pisces 17°22′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 26°01′♎︎ Libra 10°57′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 26°46′♊︎ Gemini 23°57′
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: 31 Jan – 21 Feb; 29 May – 22 Jun; 27 Sept – 19 Oct
Venus retrograde: 4 May – 16 Jun
Mars retrograde: 11 Jun – 15 Aug
Jupiter retrograde: 30 May – 28 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 4 Jul – 20 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 1 Jan – 31 May
Neptune retrograde: 27 Sept 2553 – 2 Mar; 29 Sept – 5 Mar 2555
Pluto retrograde: 27 Jun – 9 Dec
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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