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.
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 12°16′♋︎ Cancer 8°12′
- Neptune159 days♐︎ Sagittarius 1°18′♏︎ Scorpio 28°32′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 28°12′♓︎ Pisces 13°44′
- Jupiter124 days♐︎ Sagittarius 3°55′♏︎ Scorpio 24°02′
- Mars75 days♐︎ Sagittarius 13°51′♏︎ Scorpio 27°15′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 17°51′♊︎ Gemini 1°25′
- Pluto164 days♓︎ Pisces 14°06′♓︎ Pisces 11°50′
- Saturn140 days♓︎ Pisces 19°33′♓︎ Pisces 12°51′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 0°54′♋︎ Cancer 21°24′
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 16°41′♋︎ Cancer 12°37′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 26°59′♏︎ Scorpio 11°09′
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: 3 Mar – 26 Mar; 4 Jul – 28 Jul; 29 Oct – 19 Nov
Venus retrograde: 9 May – 20 Jun
Mars retrograde: 21 Apr – 5 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 19 Mar – 21 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 29 Jun – 16 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 17 Oct 2788 – 16 Mar; 22 Oct – 21 Mar 2790
Neptune retrograde: 3 Mar – 9 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 13 Jun – 25 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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