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♍︎ Virgo 17°14′♍︎ Virgo 14°26′
- Mars80 days♎︎ Libra 26°27′♎︎ Libra 7°25′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 16°44′♈︎ Aries 3°39′
- Pluto160 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°20′♑︎ Capricorn 14°43′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 26°01′♑︎ Capricorn 19°25′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 23°19′♑︎ Capricorn 13°29′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 27°42′♒︎ Aquarius 23°46′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 22°26′♌︎ Leo 11°26′
- Venus42 days♏︎ Scorpio 14°54′♎︎ Libra 29°11′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 14°25′♏︎ Scorpio 28°18′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 19°26′♍︎ Virgo 16°38′
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: 23 Mar – 15 Apr; 26 Jul – 19 Aug; 18 Nov – 8 Dec
Venus retrograde: 10 Oct – 21 Nov
Mars retrograde: 27 Feb – 19 May
Jupiter retrograde: 10 May – 10 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 5 May – 24 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 2 Jun – 3 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 19 Dec 2754 – 26 May; 22 Dec – 27 May 2756
Pluto retrograde: 19 Apr – 26 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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