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♉︎ Taurus 13°25′♉︎ Taurus 11°26′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 16°31′♊︎ Gemini 6°29′
- Mars71 days♊︎ Gemini 22°06′♊︎ Gemini 5°54′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 5°58′♒︎ Aquarius 20°23′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 23°23′♑︎ Capricorn 16°45′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 3°34′♊︎ Gemini 25°01′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 15°01′♓︎ Pisces 11°06′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 29°54′♓︎ Pisces 27°06′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 14°24′♉︎ Taurus 12°25′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 19°39′♎︎ Libra 3°35′
- Mercury22 days♏︎ Scorpio 5°04′♎︎ Libra 19°50′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 21°31′♋︎ Cancer 11°27′
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: 9 Feb – 2 Mar; 8 Jun – 1 Jul; 6 Oct – 28 Oct
Venus retrograde: 13 Sept – 25 Oct
Mars retrograde: 28 Oct 2842 – 8 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Oct 2842 – 30 Jan; 8 Nov – 6 Mar 2844
Saturn retrograde: 2 May – 20 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 19 Jun – 20 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 2 Jul – 8 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 12 Aug 2842 – 24 Jan; 13 Aug – 26 Jan 2844
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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