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.
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 26°01′♋︎ Cancer 23°51′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 27°13′♒︎ Aquarius 11°36′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 20°44′♓︎ Pisces 5°56′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 21°09′♐︎ Sagittarius 11°17′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 26°26′♒︎ Aquarius 22°31′
- Neptune160 days♓︎ Pisces 11°38′♓︎ Pisces 8°51′
- Saturn140 days♓︎ Pisces 15°37′♓︎ Pisces 8°56′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 22°17′♋︎ Cancer 13°08′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 19°41′♏︎ Scorpio 3°58′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 27°13′♋︎ Cancer 25°03′
- Mars79 days♌︎ Leo 15°48′♋︎ Cancer 26°42′
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: 24 Feb – 18 Mar; 26 Jun – 20 Jul; 22 Oct – 12 Nov
Venus retrograde: 18 Jan – 1 Mar
Mars retrograde: 17 Dec – 5 Mar 2672
Jupiter retrograde: 6 Apr – 8 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 26 Jun – 12 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 31 May – 1 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 13 Jun – 20 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 26 Oct 2670 – 7 Apr; 28 Oct – 7 Apr 2672
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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