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 23°15′♊︎ Gemini 21°16′
- Saturn135 days♊︎ Gemini 16°43′♊︎ Gemini 9°47′
- Neptune157 days♋︎ Cancer 2°08′♊︎ Gemini 29°19′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 8°30′♍︎ Virgo 4°21′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 25°47′♑︎ Capricorn 9°29′
- Venus42 days♉︎ Taurus 21°20′♉︎ Taurus 5°00′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 15°04′♉︎ Taurus 4°14′
- Jupiter123 days♑︎ Capricorn 9°27′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°37′
- Mars69 days♑︎ Capricorn 18°32′♑︎ Capricorn 4°54′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 22°04′♍︎ Virgo 9°04′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 24°12′♊︎ Gemini 22°13′
- Neptune157 days♋︎ Cancer 4°23′♋︎ Cancer 1°33′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 0°36′♊︎ Gemini 23°40′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 9°59′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°41′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 13°15′♍︎ Virgo 9°06′
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: 29 Dec 2884 – 18 Jan; 19 Apr – 13 May; 22 Aug – 15 Sept; 13 Dec – 2 Jan 2886
Venus retrograde: 11 Apr – 23 May
Mars retrograde: 30 May – 7 Aug
Jupiter retrograde: 24 Apr – 25 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 27 Sept 2884 – 9 Feb; 11 Oct – 23 Feb 2886
Uranus retrograde: 12 Dec 2884 – 10 May; 17 Dec – 15 May 2886
Neptune retrograde: 3 Oct 2884 – 9 Mar; 6 Oct – 12 Mar 2886
Pluto retrograde: 21 Sept 2884 – 5 Mar; 22 Sept – 6 Mar 2886
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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