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 14°23′♍︎ Virgo 10°14′
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 11°55′♑︎ Capricorn 26°29′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 4°31′♑︎ Capricorn 18°14′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 29°08′♎︎ Libra 26°20′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 8°46′♑︎ Capricorn 6°00′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 25°00′♉︎ Taurus 14°51′
- Jupiter120 days♓︎ Pisces 17°02′♓︎ Pisces 7°11′
- Saturn136 days♉︎ Taurus 16°39′♉︎ Taurus 9°48′
- Mercury23 days♎︎ Libra 1°42′♍︎ Virgo 18°10′
- Mars77 days♌︎ Leo 4°22′♋︎ Cancer 15°49′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 18°41′♑︎ Capricorn 2°21′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 19°09′♍︎ Virgo 15°00′
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 Jan – 28 Jan; 30 Apr – 23 May; 2 Sept – 25 Sept; 22 Dec – 11 Jan 2971
Venus retrograde: 3 Jan – 13 Feb
Mars retrograde: 6 Dec – 21 Feb 2971
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Jul – 2 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 28 Aug – 11 Jan 2971
Uranus retrograde: 19 Dec 2969 – 17 May; 24 Dec – 22 May 2971
Neptune retrograde: 9 Apr – 16 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 30 Jan – 6 Jul
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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