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.
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 26°00′♊︎ Gemini 19°04′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 10°16′♌︎ Leo 20°48′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 15°39′♎︎ Libra 12°52′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 19°30′♈︎ Aries 6°37′
- Pluto162 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°01′♒︎ Aquarius 9°34′
- Jupiter120 days♓︎ Pisces 2°21′♒︎ Aquarius 22°30′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 19°25′♈︎ Aries 15°30′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 1°12′♌︎ Leo 14°44′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 25°28′♌︎ Leo 14°16′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 10°02′♋︎ Cancer 3°04′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 16°59′♐︎ Sagittarius 0°50′
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: 25 Mar – 17 Apr; 28 Jul – 21 Aug; 19 Nov – 9 Dec
Venus retrograde: 24 Jul – 5 Sept
Mars retrograde: 10 Jan – 31 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Jun – 18 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 8 Oct 2767 – 19 Feb; 22 Oct – 4 Mar 2769
Uranus retrograde: 24 Jul – 24 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 17 Jan – 23 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 13 May – 22 Oct
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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