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 5°55′♋︎ Cancer 1°52′
- Pluto158 days♍︎ Virgo 24°52′♍︎ Virgo 22°15′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 3°54′♒︎ Aquarius 18°11′
- Saturn139 days♏︎ Scorpio 17°17′♏︎ Scorpio 10°33′
- Neptune159 days♐︎ Sagittarius 6°09′♐︎ Sagittarius 3°23′
- Jupiter124 days♐︎ Sagittarius 4°04′♏︎ Scorpio 24°11′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 0°37′♊︎ Gemini 22°04′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 18°41′♍︎ Virgo 2°17′
- Mercury22 days♏︎ Scorpio 2°57′♎︎ Libra 17°51′
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 10°16′♋︎ Cancer 6°12′
- Mars79 days♌︎ Leo 19°09′♌︎ Leo 0°06′
- Pluto157 days♍︎ Virgo 26°55′♍︎ Virgo 24°18′
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: 7 Feb – 28 Feb; 5 Jun – 29 Jun; 4 Oct – 26 Oct
Venus retrograde: 12 Aug – 24 Sept
Mars retrograde: 20 Dec – 8 Mar 2956
Jupiter retrograde: 19 Mar – 21 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 25 Feb – 13 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 11 Oct 2954 – 10 Mar; 15 Oct – 14 Mar 2956
Neptune retrograde: 8 Mar – 14 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 27 Dec 2954 – 2 Jun; 29 Dec – 3 Jun 2956
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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