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.
- Jupiter117 days♊︎ Gemini 6°00′♉︎ Taurus 26°00′
- Pluto164 days♋︎ Cancer 10°13′♋︎ Cancer 8°10′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 10°08′♌︎ Leo 7°20′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 9°39′♒︎ Aquarius 24°09′
- Uranus152 days♏︎ Scorpio 29°24′♏︎ Scorpio 25°18′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 25°24′♑︎ Capricorn 18°46′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 7°54′♊︎ Gemini 29°20′
- Mars61 days♒︎ Aquarius 29°54′♒︎ Aquarius 19°31′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 8°47′♎︎ Libra 23°28′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 11°16′♋︎ Cancer 9°13′
- Jupiter118 days♋︎ Cancer 11°37′♋︎ Cancer 1°33′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 15°37′♐︎ Sagittarius 0°12′
- Neptune156 days♌︎ Leo 12°22′♌︎ Leo 9°34′
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: 13 Feb – 6 Mar; 12 Jun – 6 Jul; 10 Oct – 1 Nov
Venus retrograde: 9 Nov – 21 Dec
Mars retrograde: 18 Jul – 17 Sept
Jupiter retrograde: 24 Sept 2901 – 20 Jan; 30 Oct – 25 Feb 2903
Saturn retrograde: 4 May – 22 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 4 Mar – 3 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 12 Nov 2901 – 17 Apr; 14 Nov – 20 Apr 2903
Pluto retrograde: 10 Oct 2901 – 22 Mar; 11 Oct – 24 Mar 2903
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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