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.
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 7°19′♍︎ Virgo 0°24′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 27°32′♎︎ Libra 23°23′
- Pluto156 days♏︎ Scorpio 22°19′♏︎ Scorpio 19°29′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 12°11′♓︎ Pisces 28°28′
- Jupiter124 days♐︎ Sagittarius 12°38′♐︎ Sagittarius 2°45′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 28°24′♑︎ Capricorn 25°38′
- Mars72 days♑︎ Capricorn 1°23′♐︎ Sagittarius 15°57′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 16°52′♌︎ Leo 6°31′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 12°10′♌︎ Leo 25°44′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 10°28′♏︎ Scorpio 24°26′
- Saturn135 days♍︎ Virgo 20°54′♍︎ Virgo 14°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: 18 Mar – 9 Apr; 20 Jul – 13 Aug; 12 Nov – 3 Dec
Venus retrograde: 5 Aug – 17 Sept
Mars retrograde: 11 May – 22 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 28 Mar – 30 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 18 Dec 2978 – 1 May; 31 Dec – 14 May 2980
Uranus retrograde: 31 Jan – 30 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 29 Apr – 7 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 23 Feb – 29 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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