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 29°16′♈︎ Aries 27°15′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 1°19′♌︎ Leo 28°31′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 19°19′♌︎ Leo 9°16′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 15°12′♈︎ Aries 2°12′
- Mars74 days♐︎ Sagittarius 14°19′♏︎ Scorpio 28°03′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 13°02′♒︎ Aquarius 9°05′
- Saturn139 days♈︎ Aries 0°55′♓︎ Pisces 24°11′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 20°59′♌︎ Leo 9°55′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 0°16′♈︎ Aries 28°15′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 21°57′♎︎ Libra 5°59′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 12°47′♏︎ Scorpio 26°40′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 3°32′♍︎ Virgo 0°44′
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: 20 Mar – 12 Apr; 23 Jul – 16 Aug; 15 Nov – 5 Dec
Venus retrograde: 15 Sept – 27 Oct
Mars retrograde: 21 Apr – 5 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Dec 2583 – 3 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 11 Jul – 26 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 16 May – 17 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 3 Dec 2583 – 8 May; 5 Dec – 10 May 2585
Pluto retrograde: 29 Jul 2583 – 10 Jan; 29 Jul – 11 Jan 2585
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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