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.
- Jupiter121 days♍︎ Virgo 12°22′♍︎ Virgo 2°20′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 20°26′♎︎ Libra 16°17′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 7°33′♒︎ Aquarius 22°02′
- Venus42 days♈︎ Aries 0°42′♓︎ Pisces 14°45′
- Saturn140 days♐︎ Sagittarius 11°54′♐︎ Sagittarius 5°14′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°59′♑︎ Capricorn 14°13′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 5°38′♊︎ Gemini 27°03′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 10°06′♈︎ Aries 7°59′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 6°40′♎︎ Libra 21°22′
- Mars69 days♊︎ Gemini 9°23′♉︎ Taurus 24°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: 10 Feb – 4 Mar; 10 Jun – 4 Jul; 8 Oct – 29 Oct
Venus retrograde: 20 Feb – 3 Apr
Mars retrograde: 17 Oct – 26 Dec
Jupiter retrograde: 28 Dec 2809 – 28 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 21 Mar – 8 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 24 Jan – 23 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 18 Apr – 25 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 10 Jul – 22 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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