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.
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 27°14′♊︎ Gemini 24°24′
- Mars78 days♌︎ Leo 10°10′♋︎ Cancer 21°15′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 15°38′♍︎ Virgo 11°28′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°24′♑︎ Capricorn 26°57′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 19°01′♎︎ Libra 16°15′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 19°20′♒︎ Aquarius 3°19′
- Saturn138 days♏︎ Scorpio 9°13′♏︎ Scorpio 2°28′
- Jupiter123 days♑︎ Capricorn 9°18′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°27′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 13°31′♊︎ Gemini 4°40′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 17°56′♎︎ Libra 3°18′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 29°28′♊︎ Gemini 26°39′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 20°24′♍︎ Virgo 16°15′
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: 24 Jan – 14 Feb; 20 May – 12 Jun; 19 Sept – 12 Oct
Venus retrograde: 5 Jan – 15 Feb
Mars retrograde: 12 Dec 2718 – 28 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 26 Apr – 27 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 17 Feb – 6 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 21 Dec 2718 – 19 May; 26 Dec – 24 May 2720
Neptune retrograde: 30 Sept 2718 – 6 Mar; 3 Oct – 7 Mar 2720
Pluto retrograde: 21 Jan – 27 Jun
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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