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♊︎ Gemini 10°28′♊︎ Gemini 8°30′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 6°50′♌︎ Leo 2°43′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 21°33′♍︎ Virgo 14°39′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 17°14′♒︎ Aquarius 1°12′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 25°10′♍︎ Virgo 5°40′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 5°08′♐︎ Sagittarius 2°22′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 11°15′♊︎ Gemini 2°23′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 19°10′♈︎ Aries 9°15′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 11°25′♊︎ Gemini 9°27′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 15°47′♎︎ Libra 1°11′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 11°27′♌︎ Leo 7°19′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 23°18′♐︎ Sagittarius 7°58′
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: 22 Jan – 11 Feb; 17 May – 10 Jun; 17 Sept – 9 Oct
Venus retrograde: 17 Nov – 29 Dec
Mars retrograde: 25 Jan – 16 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 8 Aug – 4 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 1 Jan – 17 May
Uranus retrograde: 12 Nov 2626 – 10 Apr; 17 Nov – 14 Apr 2628
Neptune retrograde: 7 Mar – 14 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 9 Sept 2626 – 21 Feb; 11 Sept – 22 Feb 2628
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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