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 6°05′♋︎ Cancer 4°04′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 1°14′♋︎ Cancer 28°26′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 28°21′♑︎ Capricorn 12°02′
- Venus41 days♓︎ Pisces 4°08′♒︎ Aquarius 18°29′
- Uranus151 days♏︎ Scorpio 10°39′♏︎ Scorpio 6°31′
- Saturn140 days♐︎ Sagittarius 9°09′♐︎ Sagittarius 2°28′
- Mars79 days♏︎ Scorpio 15°54′♎︎ Libra 27°28′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 17°59′♉︎ Taurus 7°23′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 17°09′♒︎ Aquarius 7°19′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 24°56′♍︎ Virgo 11°45′
- Pluto164 days♋︎ Cancer 7°07′♋︎ Cancer 5°05′
- Neptune156 days♌︎ Leo 3°28′♌︎ Leo 0°39′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°32′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°13′
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: 1 Jan – 21 Jan; 22 Apr – 16 May; 25 Aug – 18 Sept; 16 Dec – 4 Jan 2899
Venus retrograde: 24 Jan – 6 Mar
Mars retrograde: 19 Mar – 6 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 3 Jun – 2 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 17 Mar – 4 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 13 Feb – 13 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 2 Nov 2897 – 8 Apr; 4 Nov – 10 Apr 2899
Pluto retrograde: 4 Oct 2897 – 17 Mar; 6 Oct – 19 Mar 2899
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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