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 21°08′♋︎ Cancer 17°03′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 20°03′♑︎ Capricorn 4°43′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 25°34′♒︎ Aquarius 9°40′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 5°39′♐︎ Sagittarius 2°53′
- Jupiter122 days♒︎ Aquarius 7°30′♑︎ Capricorn 27°40′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 20°54′♊︎ Gemini 12°15′
- Pluto164 days♓︎ Pisces 16°47′♓︎ Pisces 14°33′
- Mars64 days♒︎ Aquarius 9°02′♑︎ Capricorn 27°27′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 14°06′♈︎ Aries 7°20′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 24°24′♎︎ Libra 9°32′
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 25°37′♋︎ Cancer 21°32′
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: 30 Jan – 20 Feb; 26 May – 19 Jun; 26 Sept – 18 Oct
Venus retrograde: 13 Dec 2790 – 23 Jan
Mars retrograde: 25 Jun – 28 Aug
Jupiter retrograde: 25 May – 24 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 25 Jul – 11 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 27 Oct 2790 – 25 Mar; 31 Oct – 29 Mar 2792
Neptune retrograde: 7 Mar – 14 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 17 Jun – 28 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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