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.
- Mars77 days♋︎ Cancer 28°07′♋︎ Cancer 9°43′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 19°38′♑︎ Capricorn 3°18′
- Uranus151 days♏︎ Scorpio 4°46′♏︎ Scorpio 0°38′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 12°36′♐︎ Sagittarius 2°44′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 8°11′♈︎ Aries 26°51′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 23°33′♑︎ Capricorn 20°47′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°31′♑︎ Capricorn 9°54′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 11°18′♉︎ Taurus 24°52′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 13°28′♈︎ Aries 11°22′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 15°11′♍︎ Virgo 2°34′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 3°50′♐︎ Sagittarius 17°33′
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: 23 Dec 2812 – 12 Jan; 13 Apr – 6 May; 16 Aug – 9 Sept; 7 Dec – 27 Dec
Venus retrograde: 2 May – 13 Jun
Mars retrograde: 30 Nov 2812 – 14 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 28 Mar – 29 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 25 Apr – 13 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 7 Feb – 8 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 24 Apr – 2 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 13 Jul – 25 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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