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 28°33′♋︎ Cancer 25°44′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 5°57′♑︎ Capricorn 19°43′
- Uranus151 days♏︎ Scorpio 22°20′♏︎ Scorpio 18°14′
- Pluto157 days♏︎ Scorpio 24°55′♏︎ Scorpio 22°05′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 27°20′♉︎ Taurus 17°38′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 3°03′♊︎ Gemini 16°34′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 22°40′♓︎ Pisces 12°48′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 24°39′♈︎ Aries 17°52′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 3°36′♍︎ Virgo 19°43′
- Neptune156 days♌︎ Leo 0°46′♋︎ Cancer 27°58′
- Mars76 days♋︎ Cancer 24°57′♋︎ Cancer 6°37′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°05′♑︎ Capricorn 3°46′
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: 10 Jan – 30 Jan; 3 May – 26 May; 4 Sept – 27 Sept; 25 Dec – 13 Jan 2734
Venus retrograde: 25 May – 7 Jul
Mars retrograde: 27 Nov – 12 Feb 2734
Jupiter retrograde: 12 Jul – 8 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 5 Aug – 21 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 25 Feb – 27 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 31 Oct 2732 – 6 Apr; 3 Nov – 8 Apr 2734
Pluto retrograde: 26 Feb – 2 Aug
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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