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♊︎ Gemini 7°21′♊︎ Gemini 4°32′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 12°46′♊︎ Gemini 10°48′
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 17°51′♋︎ Cancer 13°47′
- Venus41 days♓︎ Pisces 11°27′♒︎ Aquarius 25°44′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 7°21′♓︎ Pisces 23°23′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 11°24′♒︎ Aquarius 4°47′
- Jupiter122 days♒︎ Aquarius 7°31′♑︎ Capricorn 27°41′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 11°29′♌︎ Leo 1°24′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 9°36′♊︎ Gemini 6°47′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 13°42′♊︎ Gemini 11°44′
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 22°18′♋︎ Cancer 18°13′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 5°47′♏︎ Scorpio 19°48′
- Mars73 days♋︎ Cancer 3°50′♊︎ Gemini 16°50′
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: 12 Mar – 4 Apr; 14 Jul – 7 Aug; 7 Nov – 28 Nov
Venus retrograde: 1 Feb – 14 Mar
Mars retrograde: 8 Nov – 20 Jan 2875
Jupiter retrograde: 24 May – 23 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 20 May – 8 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 22 Oct 2873 – 21 Mar; 27 Oct – 26 Mar 2875
Neptune retrograde: 9 Sept 2873 – 13 Feb; 11 Sept – 15 Feb 2875
Pluto retrograde: 10 Sept 2873 – 23 Feb; 12 Sept – 24 Feb 2875
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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