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♋︎ Cancer 6°11′♋︎ Cancer 3°22′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 4°46′♎︎ Libra 0°37′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 28°58′♎︎ Libra 26°10′
- Mars81 days♎︎ Libra 18°29′♍︎ Virgo 29°16′
- Mercury22 days♈︎ Aries 1°27′♓︎ Pisces 17°15′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 26°43′♐︎ Sagittarius 20°04′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 4°57′♋︎ Cancer 25°09′
- Jupiter117 days♊︎ Gemini 1°10′♉︎ Taurus 21°10′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 8°26′♋︎ Cancer 5°37′
- Venus42 days♏︎ Scorpio 24°19′♏︎ Scorpio 8°44′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 0°03′♏︎ Scorpio 14°08′
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 Mar – 30 Mar; 9 Jul – 2 Aug; 3 Nov – 23 Nov
Venus retrograde: 20 Oct – 30 Nov
Mars retrograde: 19 Feb – 11 May
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Sept – 16 Jan 2724
Saturn retrograde: 6 Apr – 24 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 9 Jan – 8 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 9 Oct 2722 – 15 Mar; 12 Oct – 16 Mar 2724
Pluto retrograde: 31 Jan – 7 Jul
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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