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.
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 26°15′♑︎ Capricorn 9°57′
- Uranus149 days♎︎ Libra 1°14′♍︎ Virgo 27°04′
- Saturn137 days♎︎ Libra 23°15′♎︎ Libra 16°26′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°16′♑︎ Capricorn 5°30′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 15°47′♉︎ Taurus 5°07′
- Mars69 days♑︎ Capricorn 14°44′♑︎ Capricorn 0°52′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 5°29′♈︎ Aries 3°20′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 22°44′♍︎ Virgo 9°36′
- Jupiter117 days♊︎ Gemini 1°14′♉︎ Taurus 21°14′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 15°05′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°46′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 10°27′♐︎ Sagittarius 24°08′
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 Dec 2805 – 19 Jan; 21 Apr – 14 May; 24 Aug – 16 Sept; 14 Dec – 3 Jan 2807
Venus retrograde: 8 Dec – 18 Jan 2807
Mars retrograde: 27 May – 4 Aug
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Sept – 15 Jan 2807
Saturn retrograde: 1 Feb – 18 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 5 Jan – 3 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 9 Apr – 16 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 5 Jul – 17 Dec
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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