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 14°32′♋︎ Cancer 12°26′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 29°46′♑︎ Capricorn 13°30′
- Saturn139 days♏︎ Scorpio 19°42′♏︎ Scorpio 12°59′
- Mars80 days♏︎ Scorpio 7°04′♎︎ Libra 18°28′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 14°54′♑︎ Capricorn 10°55′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 20°15′♉︎ Taurus 10°06′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 19°29′♒︎ Aquarius 16°42′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°07′♒︎ Aquarius 12°17′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 22°24′♋︎ Cancer 5°54′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 26°54′♍︎ Virgo 13°21′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 15°38′♋︎ Cancer 13°32′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°56′♐︎ Sagittarius 27°36′
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: 3 Jan – 23 Jan; 25 Apr – 19 May; 28 Aug – 20 Sept; 18 Dec – 7 Jan 2662
Venus retrograde: 14 Jun – 27 Jul
Mars retrograde: 10 Mar – 29 May
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Jun – 8 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 27 Feb – 16 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 18 Apr – 19 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 21 May – 28 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 14 Oct 2660 – 26 Mar; 15 Oct – 27 Mar 2662
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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