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 23°38′♋︎ Cancer 21°29′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 20°53′♎︎ Libra 10°56′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 24°39′♈︎ Aries 12°19′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 18°19′♒︎ Aquarius 14°22′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°08′♒︎ Aquarius 15°30′
- Neptune160 days♓︎ Pisces 7°11′♓︎ Pisces 4°24′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 20°15′♋︎ Cancer 3°45′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 1°09′♌︎ Leo 19°25′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 24°49′♋︎ Cancer 22°40′
- Mars74 days♋︎ Cancer 4°35′♊︎ Gemini 17°17′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 21°31′♐︎ Sagittarius 5°18′
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: 30 Mar – 22 Apr; 2 Aug – 26 Aug; 24 Nov – 14 Dec
Venus retrograde: 11 Jun – 24 Jul
Mars retrograde: 8 Nov – 21 Jan 2670
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Feb – 7 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 31 May – 19 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 22 May – 23 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 8 Jun – 15 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 23 Oct 2668 – 4 Apr; 25 Oct – 5 Apr 2670
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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