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 29°41′♋︎ Cancer 27°29′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 2°19′♑︎ Capricorn 16°04′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 20°14′♍︎ Virgo 0°43′
- Venus42 days♉︎ Taurus 10°08′♈︎ Aries 23°50′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 23°13′♉︎ Taurus 13°17′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 8°31′♓︎ Pisces 4°36′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 18°20′♓︎ Pisces 15°32′
- Jupiter119 days♈︎ Aries 3°10′♓︎ Pisces 23°17′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 22°38′♈︎ Aries 15°51′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 29°43′♍︎ Virgo 16°01′
- Pluto162 days♌︎ Leo 0°56′♋︎ Cancer 28°44′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°29′♑︎ Capricorn 0°09′
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: 6 Jan – 26 Jan; 28 Apr – 22 May; 31 Aug – 23 Sept; 21 Dec – 9 Jan 2675
Venus retrograde: 31 Mar – 13 May
Mars retrograde: 20 Jan – 11 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 22 Jul – 18 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 3 Aug – 19 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 12 Jun – 13 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 20 Jun – 26 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 30 Oct 2673 – 10 Apr; 31 Oct – 11 Apr 2675
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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