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 12°05′♉︎ Taurus 10°06′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 14°07′♍︎ Virgo 7°14′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 29°51′♍︎ Virgo 27°04′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 24°51′♍︎ Virgo 14°51′
- Mars81 days♎︎ Libra 20°42′♎︎ Libra 1°36′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 17°59′♈︎ Aries 5°11′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 9°31′♋︎ Cancer 23°01′
- Uranus154 days♈︎ Aries 5°04′♈︎ Aries 1°09′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 24°01′♌︎ Leo 12°44′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 13°03′♉︎ Taurus 11°04′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 15°21′♏︎ Scorpio 29°11′
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: 23 Mar – 15 Apr; 26 Jul – 19 Aug; 17 Nov – 7 Dec
Venus retrograde: 1 Jul – 13 Aug
Mars retrograde: 20 Feb – 12 May
Jupiter retrograde: 8 Jan – 10 May
Saturn retrograde: 24 Dec 2596 – 8 May
Uranus retrograde: 9 Jul – 9 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 31 Dec 2596 – 6 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 10 Aug 2596 – 22 Jan; 11 Aug – 24 Jan 2598
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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