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.
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 7°58′♊︎ Gemini 3°58′
- Mars76 days♋︎ Cancer 18°22′♋︎ Cancer 0°23′
- Neptune159 days♏︎ Scorpio 13°56′♏︎ Scorpio 11°09′
- Saturn140 days♐︎ Sagittarius 16°56′♐︎ Sagittarius 10°16′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 22°17′♈︎ Aries 9°37′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 20°02′♊︎ Gemini 3°35′
- Pluto163 days♓︎ Pisces 2°47′♓︎ Pisces 0°27′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 28°29′♌︎ Leo 17°05′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 13°32′♈︎ Aries 3°38′
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 12°09′♊︎ Gemini 8°09′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°32′♐︎ Sagittarius 3°22′
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: 28 Mar – 20 Apr; 31 Jul – 24 Aug; 22 Nov – 12 Dec
Venus retrograde: 11 May – 23 Jun
Mars retrograde: 21 Nov 2780 – 4 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 2 Aug – 28 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 26 Mar – 13 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 12 Sept 2780 – 10 Feb; 17 Sept – 15 Feb 2782
Neptune retrograde: 13 Feb – 22 Jul
Pluto retrograde: 2 Jun – 13 Nov
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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