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.
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 15°11′♌︎ Leo 5°08′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 18°35′♓︎ Pisces 3°25′
- Uranus152 days♐︎ Sagittarius 5°12′♐︎ Sagittarius 1°06′
- Pluto157 days♐︎ Sagittarius 12°58′♐︎ Sagittarius 10°10′
- Saturn140 days♐︎ Sagittarius 18°11′♐︎ Sagittarius 11°31′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 15°58′♒︎ Aquarius 13°11′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 18°38′♋︎ Cancer 9°50′
- Venus43 days♍︎ Virgo 10°00′♌︎ Leo 23°33′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 17°43′♏︎ Scorpio 2°10′
- Mars79 days♌︎ Leo 27°35′♌︎ Leo 8°20′
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 Feb – 15 Mar; 22 Jun – 16 Jul; 19 Oct – 9 Nov
Venus retrograde: 2 Aug – 14 Sept
Mars retrograde: 28 Dec – 17 Mar 2988
Jupiter retrograde: 1 Dec 2986 – 31 Mar
Saturn retrograde: 27 Mar – 14 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 10 Mar – 8 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 17 May – 25 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 16 Mar – 20 Aug
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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