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.
- Saturn136 days♉︎ Taurus 19°33′♉︎ Taurus 12°41′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 21°19′♊︎ Gemini 19°21′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 27°38′♊︎ Gemini 24°49′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 29°03′♌︎ Leo 24°55′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 27°40′♒︎ Aquarius 11°47′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 8°16′♎︎ Libra 28°21′
- Mars77 days♐︎ Sagittarius 0°43′♏︎ Scorpio 13°05′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 23°10′♊︎ Gemini 14°32′
- Venus43 days♎︎ Libra 8°28′♍︎ Virgo 22°15′
- Saturn135 days♊︎ Gemini 3°01′♉︎ Taurus 26°07′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 22°17′♊︎ Gemini 20°18′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 26°33′♎︎ Libra 11°39′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 29°53′♊︎ Gemini 27°04′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 3°46′♌︎ Leo 29°37′
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: 31 Jan – 21 Feb; 28 May – 21 Jun; 27 Sept – 19 Oct
Venus retrograde: 1 Sept – 14 Oct
Mars retrograde: 5 Apr – 22 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 21 Feb – 24 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 30 Aug 2882 – 13 Jan; 14 Sept – 27 Jan 2884
Uranus retrograde: 3 Dec 2882 – 1 May; 8 Dec – 5 May 2884
Neptune retrograde: 29 Sept 2882 – 5 Mar; 2 Oct – 7 Mar 2884
Pluto retrograde: 19 Sept 2882 – 3 Mar; 21 Sept – 3 Mar 2884
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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