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.
- Pluto166 days♉︎ Taurus 12°27′♉︎ Taurus 10°27′
- Venus41 days♓︎ Pisces 21°07′♓︎ Pisces 5°16′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 22°18′♓︎ Pisces 7°26′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 11°57′♑︎ Capricorn 5°19′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 11°02′♓︎ Pisces 7°06′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 23°39′♋︎ Cancer 14°34′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 27°40′♓︎ Pisces 24°52′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 13°25′♉︎ Taurus 11°26′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 16°31′♊︎ Gemini 6°29′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 21°19′♏︎ Scorpio 5°37′
- Mars71 days♊︎ Gemini 22°06′♊︎ Gemini 5°54′
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: 25 Feb – 19 Mar; 27 Jun – 21 Jul; 23 Oct – 13 Nov
Venus retrograde: 10 Feb – 24 Mar
Mars retrograde: 28 Oct – 8 Jan 2843
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Oct – 30 Jan 2843
Saturn retrograde: 20 Apr – 8 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 14 Jun – 15 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 29 Jun – 5 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 11 Aug 2841 – 23 Jan; 12 Aug – 24 Jan 2843
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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