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.
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 21°56′♊︎ Gemini 19°57′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 3°36′♍︎ Virgo 29°27′
- Venus41 days♓︎ Pisces 6°59′♒︎ Aquarius 21°15′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 5°57′♒︎ Aquarius 20°29′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 1°15′♐︎ Sagittarius 28°29′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 15°17′♒︎ Aquarius 8°39′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 4°16′♊︎ Gemini 25°41′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 24°29′♈︎ Aries 14°33′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 22°55′♊︎ Gemini 20°55′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 5°03′♎︎ Libra 19°43′
- Mars78 days♌︎ Leo 7°09′♋︎ Cancer 18°16′
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: 9 Feb – 3 Mar; 9 Jun – 3 Jul; 7 Oct – 28 Oct
Venus retrograde: 28 Jan – 11 Mar
Mars retrograde: 9 Dec – 25 Feb 2640
Jupiter retrograde: 14 Aug – 10 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 25 May – 13 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 8 Jan – 6 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 3 Apr – 10 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 21 Sept 2638 – 4 Mar; 22 Sept – 5 Mar 2640
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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