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 17°17′♉︎ Taurus 15°19′
- Venus41 days♑︎ Capricorn 2°44′♐︎ Sagittarius 17°25′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 13°07′♌︎ Leo 23°38′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 25°34′♎︎ Libra 15°37′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 18°53′♈︎ Aries 5°51′
- Saturn140 days♓︎ Pisces 9°41′♓︎ Pisces 3°00′
- Uranus154 days♈︎ Aries 0°53′♓︎ Pisces 26°58′
- Neptune159 days♈︎ Aries 8°51′♈︎ Aries 6°02′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 24°40′♌︎ Leo 13°37′
- Pluto166 days♉︎ Taurus 18°15′♉︎ Taurus 16°16′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 16°31′♐︎ Sagittarius 0°24′
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: 24 Mar – 16 Apr; 27 Jul – 20 Aug; 19 Nov – 9 Dec
Venus retrograde: 26 Nov 2846 – 6 Jan
Mars retrograde: 12 Jan – 3 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 8 Feb – 11 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 19 Jun – 6 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 5 Jul – 6 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 11 Jul – 17 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 16 Aug 2846 – 28 Jan; 17 Aug – 30 Jan 2848
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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