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.
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 21°07′♈︎ Aries 19°03′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 15°14′♌︎ Leo 5°11′
- Uranus152 days♐︎ Sagittarius 12°01′♐︎ Sagittarius 7°57′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 13°22′♓︎ Pisces 29°56′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 9°05′♉︎ Taurus 22°40′
- Mars73 days♐︎ Sagittarius 24°26′♐︎ Sagittarius 8°39′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 11°07′♒︎ Aquarius 8°20′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 18°31′♌︎ Leo 7°54′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 22°11′♈︎ Aries 20°07′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 21°15′♈︎ Aries 14°27′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 11°23′♏︎ Scorpio 25°19′
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: 18 Mar – 10 Apr; 21 Jul – 14 Aug; 13 Nov – 3 Dec
Venus retrograde: 29 Apr – 11 Jun
Mars retrograde: 3 May – 15 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 1 Dec 2820 – 31 Mar
Saturn retrograde: 1 Aug – 17 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 16 Mar – 15 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 12 May – 19 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 20 Jul 2820 – 1 Jan; 21 Jul – 3 Jan 2822
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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