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♊︎ Gemini 15°35′♊︎ Gemini 13°37′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 14°06′♊︎ Gemini 11°17′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 1°17′♋︎ Cancer 27°11′
- Mars79 days♌︎ Leo 16°09′♋︎ Cancer 27°09′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 18°20′♒︎ Aquarius 2°15′
- Venus42 days♉︎ Taurus 23°34′♉︎ Taurus 7°13′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 11°47′♊︎ Gemini 2°47′
- Saturn140 days♓︎ Pisces 16°28′♓︎ Pisces 9°47′
- Jupiter117 days♉︎ Taurus 25°50′♉︎ Taurus 15°51′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 16°32′♊︎ Gemini 14°34′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 16°47′♎︎ Libra 2°20′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 16°22′♊︎ Gemini 13°33′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 5°50′♌︎ Leo 1°44′
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: 21 Jan – 11 Feb; 16 May – 9 Jun; 16 Sept – 9 Oct
Venus retrograde: 13 Apr – 25 May
Mars retrograde: 16 Dec 2876 – 5 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 13 Sept – 9 Jan 2878
Saturn retrograde: 25 Jun – 12 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 5 Nov 2876 – 3 Apr; 10 Nov – 8 Apr 2878
Neptune retrograde: 15 Sept 2876 – 19 Feb; 18 Sept – 22 Feb 2878
Pluto retrograde: 13 Sept 2876 – 25 Feb; 14 Sept – 26 Feb 2878
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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