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.
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 8°04′♋︎ Cancer 6°01′
- Mars76 days♋︎ Cancer 21°47′♋︎ Cancer 3°31′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 15°01′♌︎ Leo 4°57′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 2°11′♌︎ Leo 25°16′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°33′♑︎ Capricorn 4°14′
- Venus41 days♓︎ Pisces 2°06′♒︎ Aquarius 16°27′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 18°33′♐︎ Sagittarius 14°30′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 9°35′♈︎ Aries 28°35′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 6°15′♒︎ Aquarius 3°28′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 16°34′♍︎ Virgo 3°42′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 9°08′♋︎ Cancer 7°05′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 4°45′♐︎ Sagittarius 18°27′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 15°48′♍︎ Virgo 8°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: 25 Dec 2654 – 14 Jan; 15 Apr – 8 May; 18 Aug – 11 Sept; 9 Dec – 28 Dec
Venus retrograde: 23 Jan – 6 Mar
Mars retrograde: 24 Nov 2654 – 8 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 1 Dec 2654 – 31 Mar
Saturn retrograde: 13 Dec 2654 – 27 Apr; 27 Dec – 10 May 2656
Uranus retrograde: 23 Mar – 23 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 8 May – 15 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 8 Oct 2654 – 20 Mar; 9 Oct – 21 Mar 2656
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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