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 29°29′♈︎ Aries 27°27′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 26°21′♋︎ Cancer 19°23′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 19°40′♓︎ Pisces 4°40′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°25′♑︎ Capricorn 13°25′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 6°54′♉︎ Taurus 20°29′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 28°47′♒︎ Aquarius 26°00′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 20°28′♋︎ Cancer 11°31′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 0°30′♈︎ Aries 28°29′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 4°50′♈︎ Aries 24°53′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 18°43′♏︎ Scorpio 3°05′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 10°24′♌︎ Leo 3°27′
- Mars79 days♌︎ Leo 21°43′♌︎ Leo 2°32′
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: 22 Feb – 16 Mar; 24 Jun – 18 Jul; 20 Oct – 10 Nov
Venus retrograde: 27 Apr – 9 Jun
Mars retrograde: 22 Dec – 11 Mar 2830
Jupiter retrograde: 23 Aug – 19 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 6 Nov 2828 – 20 Mar; 21 Nov – 4 Apr 2830
Uranus retrograde: 21 Apr – 21 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 30 May – 6 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 29 Jul 2828 – 10 Jan; 30 Jul – 11 Jan 2830
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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