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 12°19′♋︎ Cancer 10°16′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 14°36′♌︎ Leo 11°47′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 15°11′♌︎ Leo 5°07′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 7°34′♑︎ Capricorn 21°19′
- Uranus152 days♐︎ Sagittarius 8°38′♐︎ Sagittarius 4°33′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 28°46′♉︎ Taurus 18°59′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 18°22′♒︎ Aquarius 11°43′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 24°45′♋︎ Cancer 8°13′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 5°09′♍︎ Virgo 21°20′
- Mars66 days♉︎ Taurus 18°39′♉︎ Taurus 5°23′
- Pluto164 days♋︎ Cancer 13°23′♋︎ Cancer 11°19′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 16°49′♌︎ Leo 14°01′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 21°43′♑︎ Capricorn 5°24′
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: 12 Jan – 1 Feb; 4 May – 27 May; 5 Sept – 28 Sept; 26 Dec – 14 Jan 2905
Venus retrograde: 16 Jun – 29 Jul
Mars retrograde: 30 Sept – 4 Dec
Jupiter retrograde: 2 Dec 2903 – 31 Mar
Saturn retrograde: 27 May – 15 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 13 Mar – 12 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 17 Nov 2903 – 21 Apr; 18 Nov – 24 Apr 2905
Pluto retrograde: 12 Oct 2903 – 24 Mar; 13 Oct – 25 Mar 2905
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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