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.
- Pluto162 days♌︎ Leo 4°03′♌︎ Leo 1°51′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 26°30′♍︎ Virgo 23°43′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 19°24′♒︎ Aquarius 3°19′
- Saturn137 days♎︎ Libra 14°53′♎︎ Libra 8°03′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 12°55′♊︎ Gemini 3°56′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 0°13′♒︎ Aquarius 26°18′
- Jupiter119 days♈︎ Aries 2°47′♓︎ Pisces 22°54′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 27°26′♍︎ Virgo 11°07′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 17°52′♎︎ Libra 3°24′
- Pluto162 days♌︎ Leo 5°19′♌︎ Leo 3°06′
- Mars78 days♌︎ Leo 10°24′♋︎ Cancer 21°35′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 28°41′♍︎ Virgo 25°54′
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: 23 Jan – 13 Feb; 18 May – 11 Jun; 19 Sept – 11 Oct
Venus retrograde: 21 Aug – 3 Oct
Mars retrograde: 12 Dec – 28 Feb 2924
Jupiter retrograde: 22 Jul – 18 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 24 Jan – 10 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 4 Jun – 5 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 28 Dec 2922 – 4 Jun; 31 Dec – 5 Jun 2924
Pluto retrograde: 4 Nov 2922 – 14 Apr; 5 Nov – 15 Apr 2924
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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