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 9°36′♊︎ Gemini 6°47′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 13°42′♊︎ Gemini 11°44′
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 22°18′♋︎ Cancer 18°13′
- Mars73 days♋︎ Cancer 3°50′♊︎ Gemini 16°50′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 20°43′♓︎ Pisces 5°44′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°56′♒︎ Aquarius 16°18′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 21°36′♋︎ Cancer 12°38′
- Jupiter120 days♓︎ Pisces 12°18′♓︎ Pisces 2°27′
- Venus43 days♎︎ Libra 10°42′♍︎ Virgo 24°30′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 14°39′♊︎ Gemini 12°41′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 11°51′♊︎ Gemini 9°02′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 19°46′♏︎ Scorpio 4°07′
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 26°47′♋︎ Cancer 22°41′
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 Feb – 17 Mar; 25 Jun – 19 Jul; 22 Oct – 11 Nov
Venus retrograde: 3 Sept – 16 Oct
Mars retrograde: 8 Nov 2874 – 20 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 30 Jun – 28 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 1 Jun – 20 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 27 Oct 2874 – 26 Mar; 1 Nov – 30 Mar 2876
Neptune retrograde: 11 Sept 2874 – 15 Feb; 14 Sept – 18 Feb 2876
Pluto retrograde: 12 Sept 2874 – 24 Feb; 13 Sept – 25 Feb 2876
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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