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.
- Saturn136 days♉︎ Taurus 24°26′♉︎ Taurus 17°32′
- Pluto164 days♋︎ Cancer 0°52′♊︎ Gemini 28°50′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°12′♑︎ Capricorn 10°55′
- Uranus151 days♏︎ Scorpio 16°28′♏︎ Scorpio 12°21′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°54′♑︎ Capricorn 18°08′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 17°17′♉︎ Taurus 6°55′
- Jupiter123 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°52′♑︎ Capricorn 4°01′
- Mars70 days♑︎ Capricorn 7°15′♐︎ Sagittarius 22°58′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 24°04′♍︎ Virgo 10°41′
- Venus43 days♎︎ Libra 3°58′♍︎ Virgo 17°46′
- Saturn135 days♊︎ Gemini 8°05′♊︎ Gemini 1°10′
- Pluto164 days♋︎ Cancer 1°52′♊︎ Gemini 29°51′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 11°22′♐︎ Sagittarius 25°03′
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: 1 Jan – 21 Jan; 22 Apr – 16 May; 25 Aug – 17 Sept; 15 Dec – 4 Jan 2649
Venus retrograde: 28 Aug – 9 Oct
Mars retrograde: 18 May – 28 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 30 Apr – 30 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 6 Sept 2647 – 19 Jan; 19 Sept – 1 Feb 2649
Uranus retrograde: 20 Feb – 20 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 22 Apr – 29 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 30 Sept 2647 – 13 Mar; 1 Oct – 14 Mar 2649
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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