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.
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 4°55′♍︎ Virgo 0°47′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 24°10′♎︎ Libra 21°23′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 6°31′♒︎ Aquarius 20°52′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 4°24′♑︎ Capricorn 1°38′
- Jupiter123 days♑︎ Capricorn 9°24′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°33′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 7°31′♊︎ Gemini 21°02′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 3°48′♊︎ Gemini 25°15′
- Saturn138 days♈︎ Aries 20°42′♈︎ Aries 13°55′
- Mercury22 days♏︎ Scorpio 5°36′♎︎ Libra 20°25′
- Mars70 days♊︎ Gemini 17°00′♊︎ Gemini 1°23′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 9°39′♍︎ Virgo 5°30′
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: 10 Feb – 2 Mar; 7 Jun – 1 Jul; 6 Oct – 28 Oct
Venus retrograde: 28 May – 10 Jul
Mars retrograde: 24 Oct – 2 Jan 2969
Jupiter retrograde: 24 Apr – 25 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 31 Jul – 16 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 10 Dec 2967 – 7 May; 14 Dec – 12 May 2969
Neptune retrograde: 4 Apr – 12 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 26 Jan – 30 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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