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.
- Neptune158 days♉︎ Taurus 14°49′♉︎ Taurus 12°00′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 3°23′♊︎ Gemini 1°25′
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 5°03′♊︎ Gemini 1°03′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 15°46′♑︎ Capricorn 29°38′
- Saturn137 days♎︎ Libra 12°36′♎︎ Libra 5°45′
- Mars81 days♎︎ Libra 3°35′♍︎ Virgo 14°07′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 8°43′♉︎ Taurus 29°34′
- Venus43 days♌︎ Leo 5°27′♋︎ Cancer 18°56′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 13°29′♈︎ Aries 3°35′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 17°04′♉︎ Taurus 14°15′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 4°19′♊︎ Gemini 2°21′
- Uranus151 days♊︎ Gemini 9°12′♊︎ Gemini 5°12′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 14°03′♍︎ Virgo 29°43′
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: 19 Jan – 9 Feb; 13 May – 6 Jun; 14 Sept – 6 Oct
Venus retrograde: 26 Jun – 8 Aug
Mars retrograde: 2 Feb – 24 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 1 Aug – 27 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 21 Jan – 6 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 9 Sept 2863 – 7 Feb; 13 Sept – 11 Feb 2865
Neptune retrograde: 17 Aug 2863 – 22 Jan; 19 Aug – 23 Jan 2865
Pluto retrograde: 1 Sept 2863 – 14 Feb; 2 Sept – 14 Feb 2865
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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