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 17°42′♋︎ Cancer 15°36′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 25°41′♌︎ Leo 22°52′
- Mars79 days♌︎ Leo 24°39′♌︎ Leo 5°27′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 2°52′♒︎ Aquarius 17°07′
- Venus42 days♉︎ Taurus 14°34′♈︎ Aries 28°17′
- Uranus153 days♑︎ Capricorn 1°10′♐︎ Sagittarius 27°08′
- Jupiter123 days♑︎ Capricorn 18°36′♑︎ Capricorn 8°45′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 29°29′♊︎ Gemini 20°56′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 18°28′♈︎ Aries 11°42′
- Mercury22 days♏︎ Scorpio 1°53′♎︎ Libra 16°48′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 18°47′♋︎ Cancer 16°42′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 27°53′♌︎ Leo 25°05′
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: 6 Feb – 27 Feb; 4 Jun – 27 Jun; 3 Oct – 25 Oct
Venus retrograde: 5 Apr – 17 May
Mars retrograde: 25 Dec 2908 – 14 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 5 May – 4 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 29 Jul – 14 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 5 Apr – 5 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 27 Nov 2908 – 3 May; 30 Nov – 5 May 2910
Pluto retrograde: 17 Oct 2908 – 29 Mar; 18 Oct – 31 Mar 2910
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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