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 24°53′♊︎ Gemini 22°53′
- Jupiter118 days♋︎ Cancer 6°51′♊︎ Gemini 26°48′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 18°00′♑︎ Capricorn 1°41′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 12°27′♌︎ Leo 22°57′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 17°59′♎︎ Libra 13°50′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 7°48′♑︎ Capricorn 5°01′
- Venus42 days♉︎ Taurus 19°07′♉︎ Taurus 2°46′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 6°42′♈︎ Aries 25°28′
- Saturn140 days♓︎ Pisces 20°31′♓︎ Pisces 13°49′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 13°41′♍︎ Virgo 1°00′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 25°52′♊︎ Gemini 23°52′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 10°21′♌︎ Leo 0°17′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 2°12′♐︎ Sagittarius 15°55′
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 Dec 2641 – 11 Jan; 12 Apr – 5 May; 15 Aug – 8 Sept; 6 Dec – 26 Dec
Venus retrograde: 10 Apr – 22 May
Mars retrograde: 12 Jan – 3 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Oct 2641 – 20 Feb; 27 Nov – 27 Mar 2643
Saturn retrograde: 1 Jul – 17 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 22 Jan – 21 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 9 Apr – 16 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 24 Sept 2641 – 7 Mar; 25 Sept – 8 Mar 2643
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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