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.
- Saturn137 days♉︎ Taurus 10°56′♉︎ Taurus 4°05′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 21°09′♍︎ Virgo 11°08′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 21°14′♓︎ Pisces 6°11′
- Pluto160 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°43′♑︎ Capricorn 11°03′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 2°35′♑︎ Capricorn 28°36′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 28°51′♊︎ Gemini 12°24′
- Neptune160 days♓︎ Pisces 14°44′♓︎ Pisces 11°56′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 21°50′♋︎ Cancer 12°56′
- Saturn136 days♉︎ Taurus 24°11′♉︎ Taurus 17°19′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 20°20′♏︎ Scorpio 4°43′
- Mars72 days♊︎ Gemini 29°25′♊︎ Gemini 12°53′
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: 24 Feb – 18 Mar; 25 Jun – 20 Jul; 22 Oct – 12 Nov
Venus retrograde: 20 May – 2 Jul
Mars retrograde: 4 Nov – 16 Jan 3001
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Jan – 7 May
Saturn retrograde: 22 Aug 2999 – 5 Jan; 5 Sept – 19 Jan 3001
Uranus retrograde: 6 May – 7 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 16 Jun – 23 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 15 Apr – 22 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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