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 21°07′♉︎ Taurus 19°08′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 13°11′♑︎ Capricorn 27°02′
- Mars79 days♏︎ Scorpio 21°38′♏︎ Scorpio 3°32′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 5°38′♉︎ Taurus 26°20′
- Jupiter120 days♓︎ Pisces 2°04′♒︎ Aquarius 22°13′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 17°49′♈︎ Aries 15°00′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 16°42′♈︎ Aries 12°47′
- Saturn137 days♈︎ Aries 29°00′♈︎ Aries 22°12′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 22°04′♉︎ Taurus 20°05′
- Venus43 days♎︎ Libra 17°24′♎︎ Libra 1°19′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 11°18′♍︎ Virgo 27°06′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°18′♑︎ Capricorn 11°00′
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: 17 Jan – 6 Feb; 11 May – 3 Jun; 12 Sept – 4 Oct; 31 Dec – 20 Jan 2852
Venus retrograde: 11 Sept – 23 Oct
Mars retrograde: 26 Mar – 13 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 19 Jun – 18 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 9 Aug – 25 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 21 Jul – 22 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 20 Jul – 26 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 20 Aug 2850 – 1 Feb; 21 Aug – 2 Feb 2852
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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