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.
- Neptune156 days♌︎ Leo 7°00′♌︎ Leo 4°12′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 16°04′♍︎ Virgo 6°03′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 9°06′♒︎ Aquarius 23°48′
- Saturn139 days♏︎ Scorpio 23°04′♏︎ Scorpio 16°22′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 26°16′♐︎ Sagittarius 22°14′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 8°23′♊︎ Gemini 29°41′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 15°59′♋︎ Cancer 29°28′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 18°54′♈︎ Aries 16°51′
- Mars68 days♉︎ Taurus 27°30′♉︎ Taurus 12°56′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 8°12′♎︎ Libra 22°43′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 9°13′♌︎ Leo 6°25′
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: 12 Feb – 5 Mar; 12 Jun – 6 Jul; 9 Oct – 31 Oct
Venus retrograde: 8 Jul – 20 Aug
Mars retrograde: 6 Oct – 13 Dec
Jupiter retrograde: 31 Dec 2572 – 1 May
Saturn retrograde: 2 Mar – 19 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 30 Mar – 30 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 8 Nov 2572 – 14 Apr; 11 Nov – 16 Apr 2574
Pluto retrograde: 18 Jul – 30 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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