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.
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 28°21′♉︎ Taurus 25°32′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 9°01′♊︎ Gemini 7°03′
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 0°23′♊︎ Gemini 26°21′
- Jupiter122 days♎︎ Libra 4°10′♍︎ Virgo 24°11′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 25°04′♒︎ Aquarius 9°08′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 25°33′♐︎ Sagittarius 18°55′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 20°01′♊︎ Gemini 11°18′
- Mars64 days♒︎ Aquarius 13°16′♒︎ Aquarius 1°54′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 0°36′♉︎ Taurus 27°47′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 9°57′♊︎ Gemini 7°59′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 23°51′♎︎ Libra 9°04′
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 4°43′♋︎ Cancer 0°40′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 25°22′♐︎ Sagittarius 10°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: 28 Jan – 18 Feb; 25 May – 18 Jun; 24 Sept – 16 Oct
Venus retrograde: 18 Nov – 30 Dec
Mars retrograde: 29 Jun – 31 Aug
Jupiter retrograde: 18 Jan – 20 May
Saturn retrograde: 3 Apr – 22 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 5 Oct 2869 – 4 Mar; 9 Oct – 8 Mar 2871
Neptune retrograde: 30 Aug 2869 – 4 Feb; 2 Sept – 6 Feb 2871
Pluto retrograde: 7 Sept 2869 – 19 Feb; 8 Sept – 20 Feb 2871
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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