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.
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 6°25′♉︎ Taurus 26°24′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 28°49′♑︎ Capricorn 12°31′
- Uranus152 days♐︎ Sagittarius 2°52′♏︎ Scorpio 28°47′
- Mars79 days♏︎ Scorpio 12°57′♎︎ Libra 24°27′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 18°43′♉︎ Taurus 8°16′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 6°43′♒︎ Aquarius 3°57′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 26°24′♓︎ Pisces 19°41′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 20°02′♈︎ Aries 17°58′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 25°35′♍︎ Virgo 12°17′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 26°27′♎︎ Libra 10°28′
- Jupiter118 days♋︎ Cancer 11°52′♋︎ Cancer 1°48′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°00′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°41′
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: 2 Jan – 22 Jan; 24 Apr – 17 May; 27 Aug – 19 Sept; 17 Dec – 6 Jan 2820
Venus retrograde: 20 Sept – 2 Nov
Mars retrograde: 17 Mar – 4 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Sept 2818 – 20 Jan; 30 Oct – 25 Feb 2820
Saturn retrograde: 7 Jul – 23 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 7 Mar – 6 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 8 May – 15 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 20 Jul – 1 Jan 2820
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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