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.
- Neptune158 days♉︎ Taurus 12°09′♉︎ Taurus 9°21′
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 15°07′♊︎ Gemini 11°06′
- Pluto159 days♍︎ Virgo 6°42′♍︎ Virgo 4°12′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 23°28′♒︎ Aquarius 7°33′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 18°38′♊︎ Gemini 9°58′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 28°40′♒︎ Aquarius 22°01′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 14°25′♉︎ Taurus 11°36′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 20°54′♉︎ Taurus 10°55′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 22°16′♎︎ Libra 7°26′
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 19°21′♊︎ Gemini 15°20′
- Mars67 days♉︎ Taurus 21°08′♉︎ Taurus 7°19′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 1°29′♏︎ Scorpio 15°58′
- Pluto159 days♍︎ Virgo 8°30′♍︎ Virgo 5°59′
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: 27 Jan – 17 Feb; 24 May – 17 Jun; 23 Sept – 15 Oct
Venus retrograde: 26 Oct – 7 Dec
Mars retrograde: 2 Oct – 7 Dec
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Sept – 5 Jan 2700
Saturn retrograde: 8 Jun – 26 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 20 Sept 2698 – 17 Feb; 24 Sept – 22 Feb 2700
Neptune retrograde: 14 Aug 2698 – 19 Jan; 17 Aug – 21 Jan 2700
Pluto retrograde: 8 Dec 2698 – 16 May; 10 Dec – 18 May 2700
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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