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.
- Pluto164 days♋︎ Cancer 4°04′♋︎ Cancer 2°03′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 26°47′♋︎ Cancer 23°58′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 0°15′♒︎ Aquarius 14°27′
- Uranus150 days♏︎ Scorpio 1°08′♎︎ Libra 27°00′
- Mars81 days♎︎ Libra 11°19′♍︎ Virgo 21°55′
- Saturn139 days♏︎ Scorpio 15°07′♏︎ Scorpio 8°23′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 12°43′♐︎ Sagittarius 2°51′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 26°19′♊︎ Gemini 17°44′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 26°52′♋︎ Cancer 10°21′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 29°13′♎︎ Libra 14°13′
- Pluto164 days♋︎ Cancer 5°05′♋︎ Cancer 3°03′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 29°01′♋︎ Cancer 26°12′
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: 3 Feb – 24 Feb; 30 May – 23 Jun; 29 Sept – 21 Oct
Venus retrograde: 17 Jun – 30 Jul
Mars retrograde: 10 Feb – 1 May
Jupiter retrograde: 27 Mar – 29 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 22 Feb – 10 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 4 Feb – 3 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 29 Oct 2895 – 3 Apr; 31 Oct – 5 Apr 2897
Pluto retrograde: 3 Oct 2895 – 15 Mar; 3 Oct – 16 Mar 2897
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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