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 12°21′♋︎ Cancer 10°16′
- Mars81 days♎︎ Libra 2°54′♍︎ Virgo 13°27′
- Saturn137 days♎︎ Libra 25°01′♎︎ Libra 18°14′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 1°47′♒︎ Aquarius 16°08′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 16°41′♐︎ Sagittarius 6°49′
- Uranus153 days♑︎ Capricorn 6°15′♑︎ Capricorn 2°14′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 15°04′♒︎ Aquarius 12°17′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 29°01′♊︎ Gemini 20°29′
- Mercury22 days♏︎ Scorpio 0°49′♎︎ Libra 15°38′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 13°26′♋︎ Cancer 11°21′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 13°32′♏︎ Scorpio 28°08′
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: 5 Feb – 26 Feb; 3 Jun – 27 Jun; 2 Oct – 24 Oct
Venus retrograde: 8 Nov – 19 Dec
Mars retrograde: 2 Feb – 24 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 2 Apr – 3 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 3 Feb – 20 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 10 Apr – 10 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 17 May – 24 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 12 Oct 2658 – 24 Mar; 14 Oct – 25 Mar 2660
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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