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.
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 29°59′♊︎ Gemini 23°03′
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 7°26′♌︎ Leo 5°11′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 25°11′♍︎ Virgo 15°11′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 11°34′♑︎ Capricorn 25°26′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 4°14′♉︎ Taurus 25°00′
- Mars67 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°18′♑︎ Capricorn 7°12′
- Neptune159 days♈︎ Aries 1°44′♓︎ Pisces 28°56′
- Uranus154 days♈︎ Aries 2°21′♓︎ Pisces 28°26′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 25°08′♍︎ Virgo 8°50′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 9°44′♍︎ Virgo 25°29′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 14°03′♋︎ Cancer 7°06′
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 8°47′♌︎ Leo 6°31′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 25°41′♑︎ Capricorn 9°23′
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: 16 Jan – 5 Feb; 9 May – 2 Jun; 10 Sept – 2 Oct; 29 Dec – 18 Jan 2681
Venus retrograde: 18 Aug – 30 Sept
Mars retrograde: 3 Jun – 9 Aug
Jupiter retrograde: 10 Jan – 11 May
Saturn retrograde: 12 Oct 2679 – 23 Feb; 25 Oct – 8 Mar 2681
Uranus retrograde: 6 Jul – 7 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 3 Jul – 9 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 7 Nov 2679 – 17 Apr; 8 Nov – 18 Apr 2681
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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