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.
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 10°24′♊︎ Gemini 8°23′
- Neptune156 days♊︎ Gemini 18°27′♊︎ Gemini 15°38′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 6°09′♈︎ Aries 26°22′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 14°24′♑︎ Capricorn 10°26′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 5°48′♒︎ Aquarius 29°05′
- Jupiter118 days♓︎ Pisces 23°03′♓︎ Pisces 13°08′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 12°18′♌︎ Leo 28°26′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 11°23′♊︎ Gemini 9°23′
- Mars68 days♉︎ Taurus 5°22′♈︎ Aries 20°50′
- Neptune156 days♊︎ Gemini 20°42′♊︎ Gemini 17°53′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 29°00′♐︎ Sagittarius 12°42′
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 Apr – 26 Apr; 5 Aug – 28 Aug; 24 Nov – 14 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 6 Sept – 13 Nov
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Jul – 30 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 7 Jun – 24 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 10 Apr – 11 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 12 Sept 1404 – 16 Feb; 15 Sept – 18 Feb 1406
Pluto retrograde: 1 Sept 1404 – 12 Feb; 2 Sept – 13 Feb 1406
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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