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.
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 24°06′♋︎ Cancer 21°17′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 8°04′♒︎ Aquarius 22°37′
- Uranus151 days♏︎ Scorpio 12°57′♏︎ Scorpio 8°50′
- Pluto156 days♏︎ Scorpio 19°41′♏︎ Scorpio 16°52′
- Jupiter123 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°54′♑︎ Capricorn 4°03′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 6°32′♊︎ Gemini 27°57′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 29°38′♓︎ Pisces 22°55′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 7°10′♎︎ Libra 21°49′
- Mars69 days♊︎ Gemini 5°25′♉︎ Taurus 20°24′
- Venus42 days♏︎ Scorpio 21°57′♏︎ Scorpio 6°20′
- Neptune157 days♋︎ Cancer 26°19′♋︎ Cancer 23°30′
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: 12 Feb – 5 Mar; 11 Jun – 5 Jul; 9 Oct – 31 Oct
Venus retrograde: 17 Oct – 28 Nov
Mars retrograde: 15 Oct – 23 Dec
Jupiter retrograde: 1 May – 31 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 11 Jul – 27 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 16 Feb – 17 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 27 Oct 2730 – 2 Apr; 30 Oct – 3 Apr 2732
Pluto retrograde: 21 Feb – 28 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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