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.
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 15°31′♋︎ Cancer 13°27′
- Mars75 days♋︎ Cancer 14°43′♊︎ Gemini 27°05′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 21°15′♌︎ Leo 18°27′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 16°53′♏︎ Scorpio 6°59′
- Mercury22 days♈︎ Aries 5°42′♓︎ Pisces 21°36′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 22°15′♐︎ Sagittarius 18°12′
- Saturn140 days♓︎ Pisces 23°45′♓︎ Pisces 17°03′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 9°29′♋︎ Cancer 29°35′
- Venus43 days♎︎ Libra 1°49′♍︎ Virgo 15°33′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 16°36′♋︎ Cancer 14°31′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 4°16′♏︎ Scorpio 18°19′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 23°28′♌︎ Leo 20°40′
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 Mar – 3 Apr; 13 Jul – 6 Aug; 7 Nov – 27 Nov
Venus retrograde: 26 Aug – 8 Oct
Mars retrograde: 18 Nov 2906 – 1 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 2 Mar – 4 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 4 Jul – 21 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 27 Mar – 27 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 23 Nov 2906 – 29 Apr; 26 Nov – 30 Apr 2908
Pluto retrograde: 15 Oct 2906 – 28 Mar; 17 Oct – 28 Mar 2908
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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