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♉︎ Taurus 1°17′♈︎ Aries 29°16′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 5°44′♍︎ Virgo 2°56′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 20°28′♎︎ Libra 10°32′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 11°45′♒︎ Aquarius 26°33′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 4°39′♉︎ Taurus 18°13′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 21°11′♒︎ Aquarius 17°15′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 11°34′♋︎ Cancer 2°48′
- Mars63 days♒︎ Aquarius 11°51′♒︎ Aquarius 0°45′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 2°17′♉︎ Taurus 0°16′
- Saturn137 days♈︎ Aries 26°09′♈︎ Aries 19°19′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 10°49′♎︎ Libra 25°17′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 7°56′♍︎ Virgo 5°08′
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: 14 Feb – 8 Mar; 15 Jun – 9 Jul; 12 Oct – 2 Nov
Venus retrograde: 25 Apr – 7 Jun
Mars retrograde: 28 Jun – 30 Aug
Jupiter retrograde: 3 Feb – 6 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 6 Aug – 22 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 25 May – 26 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 7 Dec 2585 – 13 May; 9 Dec – 15 May 2587
Pluto retrograde: 31 Jul 2585 – 12 Jan; 1 Aug – 13 Jan 2587
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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