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.
- Venus41 days♒︎ Aquarius 4°28′♑︎ Capricorn 19°06′
- Mercury21 days♓︎ Pisces 11°45′♒︎ Aquarius 26°17′
- Pluto159 days♑︎ Capricorn 0°07′♐︎ Sagittarius 27°24′
- Uranus153 days♑︎ Capricorn 6°48′♑︎ Capricorn 2°46′
- Mars76 days♐︎ Sagittarius 13°29′♏︎ Scorpio 26°33′
- Neptune160 days♓︎ Pisces 1°26′♒︎ Aquarius 28°39′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 10°11′♋︎ Cancer 1°36′
- Saturn140 days♓︎ Pisces 8°51′♓︎ Pisces 2°12′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 27°27′♓︎ Pisces 17°34′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 10°54′♎︎ Libra 25°34′
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: 14 Feb – 8 Mar; 14 Jun – 8 Jul; 12 Oct – 2 Nov
Venus retrograde: 27 Dec 2993 – 6 Feb
Mars retrograde: 20 Apr – 4 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 16 Jul – 12 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 18 Jun – 5 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 10 Apr – 10 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 2 Jun – 9 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 1 Apr – 7 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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