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 27°13′♋︎ Cancer 25°03′
- Mars79 days♌︎ Leo 15°48′♋︎ Cancer 26°42′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 4°23′♒︎ Aquarius 18°50′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 23°07′♑︎ Capricorn 13°16′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 0°29′♒︎ Aquarius 26°33′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 2°12′♊︎ Gemini 23°39′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 13°52′♓︎ Pisces 11°04′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 27°42′♓︎ Pisces 20°59′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 27°20′♍︎ Virgo 11°03′
- Mercury22 days♏︎ Scorpio 3°27′♎︎ Libra 18°11′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 28°27′♋︎ Cancer 26°16′
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: 8 Feb – 29 Feb; 6 Jun – 30 Jun; 4 Oct – 26 Oct
Venus retrograde: 20 Aug – 2 Oct
Mars retrograde: 17 Dec 2671 – 5 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 9 May – 8 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 7 Jul – 24 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 3 Jun – 5 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 15 Jun – 21 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 28 Oct 2671 – 7 Apr; 28 Oct – 9 Apr 2673
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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