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.
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 10°31′♌︎ Leo 8°16′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 24°27′♌︎ Leo 14°23′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 7°26′♎︎ Libra 4°39′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 14°54′♒︎ Aquarius 29°36′
- Mars81 days♎︎ Libra 19°05′♍︎ Virgo 29°48′
- Saturn140 days♐︎ Sagittarius 16°02′♐︎ Sagittarius 9°22′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 18°17′♋︎ Cancer 1°46′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 14°18′♋︎ Cancer 5°36′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 20°15′♓︎ Pisces 16°20′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 14°03′♎︎ Libra 28°34′
- Pluto161 days♌︎ Leo 11°51′♌︎ Leo 9°36′
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: 19 Feb – 11 Mar; 18 Jun – 12 Jul; 15 Oct – 5 Nov
Venus retrograde: 9 Jun – 22 Jul
Mars retrograde: 19 Feb – 10 May
Jupiter retrograde: 11 Dec 2927 – 9 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 25 Mar – 12 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 24 Jun – 25 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 9 Jan – 14 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 11 Nov 2927 – 20 Apr; 11 Nov – 22 Apr 2929
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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