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.
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 16°51′♋︎ Cancer 6°47′
- Mars74 days♋︎ Cancer 7°58′♊︎ Gemini 20°33′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 4°01′♍︎ Virgo 1°13′
- Saturn139 days♏︎ Scorpio 16°07′♏︎ Scorpio 9°23′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 6°51′♓︎ Pisces 23°00′
- Pluto159 days♑︎ Capricorn 4°19′♑︎ Capricorn 1°37′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 3°03′♑︎ Capricorn 29°05′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 28°44′♊︎ Gemini 12°14′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 11°12′♌︎ Leo 1°01′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 5°12′♏︎ Scorpio 19°12′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 19°51′♌︎ Leo 9°48′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 6°13′♍︎ Virgo 3°26′
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 Mar – 4 Apr; 14 Jul – 7 Aug; 7 Nov – 28 Nov
Venus retrograde: 20 May – 2 Jul
Mars retrograde: 11 Nov 2748 – 25 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Nov 2748 – 2 Mar; 6 Dec – 5 Apr 2750
Saturn retrograde: 23 Feb – 12 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 7 May – 8 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 6 Dec 2748 – 12 May; 8 Dec – 14 May 2750
Pluto retrograde: 6 Apr – 12 Sept
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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