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 24°29′♉︎ Taurus 22°31′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 23°08′♉︎ Taurus 19°09′
- Mars80 days♍︎ Virgo 4°36′♌︎ Leo 15°09′
- Neptune159 days♎︎ Libra 28°12′♎︎ Libra 25°25′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 29°09′♎︎ Libra 19°13′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 20°46′♈︎ Aries 8°12′
- Venus43 days♉︎ Taurus 28°01′♉︎ Taurus 11°37′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 20°22′♒︎ Aquarius 13°44′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 27°03′♌︎ Leo 15°33′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 25°25′♉︎ Taurus 23°27′
- Uranus152 days♉︎ Taurus 27°14′♉︎ Taurus 23°15′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 17°55′♐︎ Sagittarius 1°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: 27 Mar – 19 Apr; 30 Jul – 23 Aug; 21 Nov – 11 Dec
Venus retrograde: 19 Apr – 1 Jun
Mars retrograde: 4 Jan – 26 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 13 Feb – 16 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 30 May – 18 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 28 Aug 2609 – 27 Jan; 2 Sept – 31 Jan 2611
Neptune retrograde: 29 Jan – 7 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 24 Aug 2609 – 5 Feb; 25 Aug – 6 Feb 2611
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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