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.
- Mars80 days♏︎ Scorpio 5°03′♎︎ Libra 16°09′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 14°55′♈︎ Aries 1°24′
- Pluto158 days♐︎ Sagittarius 25°21′♐︎ Sagittarius 22°36′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 27°55′♐︎ Sagittarius 23°53′
- Jupiter123 days♑︎ Capricorn 18°30′♑︎ Capricorn 8°39′
- Venus43 days♋︎ Cancer 1°01′♊︎ Gemini 14°33′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 15°35′♒︎ Aquarius 8°58′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 26°59′♒︎ Aquarius 24°13′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 19°57′♌︎ Leo 9°25′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 13°01′♏︎ Scorpio 26°58′
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: 19 Mar – 11 Apr; 22 Jul – 15 Aug; 14 Nov – 4 Dec
Venus retrograde: 21 May – 3 Jul
Mars retrograde: 7 Mar – 26 May
Jupiter retrograde: 4 May – 3 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 24 May – 12 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 1 Apr – 31 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 28 May – 4 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 27 Mar – 1 Sept
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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