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.
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 0°26′♑︎ Capricorn 14°08′
- Mars81 days♎︎ Libra 1°29′♍︎ Virgo 11°59′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 16°50′♏︎ Scorpio 6°55′
- Pluto158 days♐︎ Sagittarius 20°27′♐︎ Sagittarius 17°41′
- Uranus152 days♐︎ Sagittarius 18°55′♐︎ Sagittarius 14°51′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 20°11′♉︎ Taurus 9°38′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 22°41′♑︎ Capricorn 16°04′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°34′♒︎ Aquarius 19°47′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 27°07′♍︎ Virgo 13°53′
- Venus42 days♏︎ Scorpio 19°24′♏︎ Scorpio 3°41′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 14°38′♐︎ Sagittarius 28°19′
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: 3 Jan – 23 Jan; 25 Apr – 18 May; 28 Aug – 20 Sept; 18 Dec – 7 Jan 2991
Venus retrograde: 13 Oct – 24 Nov
Mars retrograde: 31 Jan – 22 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 1 Mar – 3 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 1 May – 19 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 23 Mar – 22 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 24 May – 31 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 23 Mar – 27 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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