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♌︎ Leo 22°59′♌︎ Leo 20°11′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 11°47′♍︎ Virgo 4°52′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 10°41′♒︎ Aquarius 25°20′
- Pluto158 days♐︎ Sagittarius 22°39′♐︎ Sagittarius 19°54′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 11°49′♑︎ Capricorn 7°48′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°14′♒︎ Aquarius 12°24′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 9°44′♋︎ Cancer 1°05′
- Mars62 days♒︎ Aquarius 20°45′♒︎ Aquarius 10°04′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 7°41′♌︎ Leo 21°15′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 9°48′♎︎ Libra 24°22′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 25°11′♌︎ Leo 22°23′
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: 15 Feb – 7 Mar; 14 Jun – 8 Jul; 11 Oct – 2 Nov
Venus retrograde: 31 Jul – 12 Sept
Mars retrograde: 8 Jul – 8 Sept
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Jun – 8 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 23 Dec 2743 – 6 May
Uranus retrograde: 15 Apr – 16 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 26 Nov 2743 – 30 Apr; 27 Nov – 3 May 2745
Pluto retrograde: 25 Mar – 30 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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