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.
- Saturn136 days♉︎ Taurus 16°39′♉︎ Taurus 9°48′
- Mars77 days♌︎ Leo 4°22′♋︎ Cancer 15°49′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 18°41′♑︎ Capricorn 2°21′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 19°09′♍︎ Virgo 15°00′
- Pluto156 days♏︎ Scorpio 1°38′♎︎ Libra 28°50′
- Mercury23 days♉︎ Taurus 6°47′♈︎ Aries 25°08′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 10°57′♑︎ Capricorn 8°11′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 14°20′♌︎ Leo 27°55′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 23°36′♈︎ Aries 13°41′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 13°44′♍︎ Virgo 1°25′
- Saturn136 days♊︎ Gemini 0°02′♉︎ Taurus 23°10′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 2°54′♐︎ Sagittarius 16°38′
- Uranus149 days♍︎ Virgo 23°55′♍︎ Virgo 19°46′
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: 22 Dec 2970 – 11 Jan; 12 Apr – 5 May; 15 Aug – 8 Sept; 6 Dec – 26 Dec
Venus retrograde: 7 Aug – 19 Sept
Mars retrograde: 6 Dec 2970 – 21 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 12 Aug – 8 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 28 Aug 2970 – 11 Jan; 11 Sept – 24 Jan 2972
Uranus retrograde: 24 Dec 2970 – 22 May; 29 Dec – 26 May 2972
Neptune retrograde: 12 Apr – 19 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 2 Feb – 8 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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