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.
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 25°10′♈︎ Aries 23°08′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 22°29′♌︎ Leo 19°41′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°06′♐︎ Sagittarius 22°47′
- Mars81 days♎︎ Libra 0°04′♍︎ Virgo 10°37′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 2°17′♒︎ Aquarius 16°42′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 26°27′♑︎ Capricorn 22°28′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 13°34′♒︎ Aquarius 6°56′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 29°56′♊︎ Gemini 21°23′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 26°12′♈︎ Aries 24°10′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 5°00′♈︎ Aries 25°03′
- Mercury22 days♏︎ Scorpio 1°20′♎︎ Libra 16°05′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 24°42′♌︎ Leo 21°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: 5 Feb – 27 Feb; 3 Jun – 27 Jun; 2 Oct – 23 Oct
Venus retrograde: 1 Dec 2579 – 11 Jan
Mars retrograde: 30 Jan – 20 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 23 Aug – 19 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 22 May – 10 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 29 Apr – 30 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 24 Nov 2579 – 29 Apr; 26 Nov – 2 May 2581
Pluto retrograde: 25 Jul 2579 – 6 Jan; 25 Jul – 6 Jan 2581
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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