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.
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 16°29′♊︎ Gemini 6°27′
- Pluto162 days♌︎ Leo 7°53′♌︎ Leo 5°39′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 3°04′♎︎ Libra 0°16′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 15°56′♌︎ Leo 26°27′
- Saturn139 days♏︎ Scorpio 22°18′♏︎ Scorpio 15°34′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 18°16′♈︎ Aries 5°05′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 12°17′♓︎ Pisces 8°22′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 23°51′♌︎ Leo 12°58′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 8°23′♏︎ Scorpio 22°53′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 21°32′♋︎ Cancer 11°28′
- Pluto162 days♌︎ Leo 9°11′♌︎ Leo 6°57′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 16°03′♏︎ Scorpio 29°57′
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: 24 Mar – 16 Apr; 26 Jul – 20 Aug; 19 Nov – 9 Dec
Venus retrograde: 2 Nov – 13 Dec
Mars retrograde: 15 Jan – 6 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Oct 2925 – 30 Jan; 8 Nov – 7 Mar 2927
Saturn retrograde: 1 Mar – 18 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 16 Jun – 17 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 4 Jan – 10 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 7 Nov 2925 – 18 Apr; 9 Nov – 20 Apr 2927
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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