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 27°58′♋︎ Cancer 23°53′
- Pluto157 days♎︎ Libra 5°28′♎︎ Libra 2°47′
- Mars81 days♎︎ Libra 27°00′♎︎ Libra 7°53′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 29°46′♓︎ Pisces 15°14′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 17°01′♐︎ Sagittarius 14°15′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°01′♑︎ Capricorn 9°23′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 9°41′♊︎ Gemini 23°12′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 2°18′♋︎ Cancer 22°52′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 25°22′♉︎ Taurus 15°23′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 28°37′♏︎ Scorpio 12°48′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 2°29′♋︎ Cancer 28°23′
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: 4 Mar – 27 Mar; 5 Jul – 29 Jul; 30 Oct – 20 Nov
Venus retrograde: 31 May – 13 Jul
Mars retrograde: 27 Feb – 18 May
Jupiter retrograde: 13 Sept – 8 Jan 2961
Saturn retrograde: 24 Apr – 12 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 2 Nov 2959 – 31 Mar; 6 Nov – 5 Apr 2961
Neptune retrograde: 18 Mar – 25 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 7 Jan – 12 Jun
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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