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 27°25′♈︎ Aries 25°23′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 28°15′♊︎ Gemini 21°18′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 23°22′♈︎ Aries 10°44′
- Uranus153 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°46′♑︎ Capricorn 4°45′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 24°21′♒︎ Aquarius 21°34′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°17′♒︎ Aquarius 12°27′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 28°27′♈︎ Aries 26°25′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 29°37′♌︎ Leo 18°11′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 24°11′♎︎ Libra 8°10′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 12°16′♋︎ Cancer 5°19′
- Mars74 days♋︎ Cancer 11°21′♊︎ Gemini 23°49′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 20°36′♐︎ Sagittarius 4°25′
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: 29 Mar – 21 Apr; 1 Aug – 25 Aug; 23 Nov – 13 Dec
Venus retrograde: 18 Sept – 30 Oct
Mars retrograde: 15 Nov – 28 Jan 2828
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Jun – 8 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 10 Oct 2826 – 21 Feb; 24 Oct – 6 Mar 2828
Uranus retrograde: 12 Apr – 13 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 26 May – 2 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 27 Jul 2826 – 8 Jan; 28 Jul – 10 Jan 2828
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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