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.
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 17°15′♌︎ Leo 14°55′
- Mars77 days♌︎ Leo 1°12′♋︎ Cancer 12°34′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 4°54′♑︎ Capricorn 18°40′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°17′♒︎ Aquarius 6°43′
- Saturn136 days♎︎ Libra 6°29′♍︎ Virgo 29°38′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 26°13′♉︎ Taurus 16°29′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 17°25′♈︎ Aries 14°36′
- Uranus153 days♉︎ Taurus 0°07′♈︎ Aries 26°11′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 2°31′♍︎ Virgo 18°39′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 15°39′♉︎ Taurus 5°40′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 18°44′♌︎ Leo 16°23′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 19°02′♑︎ Capricorn 2°43′
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 Jan – 29 Jan; 1 May – 25 May; 3 Sept – 26 Sept; 23 Dec – 12 Jan 2688
Venus retrograde: 14 Jan – 24 Feb
Mars retrograde: 3 Dec 2686 – 18 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Sept – 31 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 15 Jan – 1 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 4 Aug – 4 Jan 2688
Neptune retrograde: 20 Jul – 26 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 17 Nov 2686 – 27 Apr; 19 Nov – 28 Apr 2688
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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