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.
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 1°35′♊︎ Gemini 27°33′
- Mars73 days♋︎ Cancer 7°21′♊︎ Gemini 20°12′
- Pluto158 days♍︎ Virgo 22°50′♍︎ Virgo 20°15′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°53′♒︎ Aquarius 1°24′
- Saturn138 days♏︎ Scorpio 4°57′♎︎ Libra 28°11′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 4°07′♎︎ Libra 24°11′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 20°10′♓︎ Pisces 5°06′
- Neptune159 days♐︎ Sagittarius 3°58′♐︎ Sagittarius 1°12′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 20°42′♋︎ Cancer 11°48′
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 5°55′♋︎ Cancer 1°52′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 19°17′♏︎ Scorpio 3°40′
- Pluto158 days♍︎ Virgo 24°52′♍︎ Virgo 22°15′
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 Feb – 17 Mar; 24 Jun – 18 Jul; 21 Oct – 11 Nov
Venus retrograde: 8 Jan – 18 Feb
Mars retrograde: 11 Nov 2953 – 23 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 17 Feb – 20 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 12 Feb – 30 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 6 Oct 2953 – 5 Mar; 11 Oct – 10 Mar 2955
Neptune retrograde: 5 Mar – 12 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 24 Dec 2953 – 31 May; 27 Dec – 2 Jun 2955
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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