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 29°01′♊︎ Gemini 26°12′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 15°32′♑︎ Capricorn 0°14′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 25°06′♑︎ Capricorn 8°49′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 7°10′♎︎ Libra 3°01′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 15°05′♉︎ Taurus 4°40′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 29°52′♓︎ Pisces 27°43′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 18°56′♈︎ Aries 12°10′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 24°18′♈︎ Aries 14°22′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 21°53′♍︎ Virgo 8°33′
- Mars62 days♈︎ Aries 13°41′♈︎ Aries 2°41′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 1°15′♊︎ Gemini 28°26′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 9°16′♐︎ Sagittarius 22°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: 30 Dec 2555 – 19 Jan; 19 Apr – 13 May; 22 Aug – 15 Sept; 13 Dec – 1 Jan 2557
Venus retrograde: 9 Dec 2555 – 19 Jan
Mars retrograde: 29 Aug – 30 Oct
Jupiter retrograde: 13 Aug – 8 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 30 Jul – 14 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 11 Jan – 9 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 2 Oct 2555 – 6 Mar; 3 Oct – 9 Mar 2557
Pluto retrograde: 29 Jun – 11 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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