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.
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 6°13′♋︎ Cancer 4°04′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 11°54′♌︎ Leo 9°06′
- Mercury22 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°18′♒︎ Aquarius 7°03′
- Mars80 days♍︎ Virgo 29°00′♍︎ Virgo 9°55′
- Saturn142 days♑︎ Capricorn 2°37′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°01′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 21°35′♊︎ Gemini 12°52′
- Jupiter118 days♈︎ Aries 3°35′♓︎ Pisces 23°39′
- Uranus152 days♈︎ Aries 20°55′♈︎ Aries 16°58′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 21°12′♎︎ Libra 5°42′
- Pluto162 days♋︎ Cancer 7°24′♋︎ Cancer 5°14′
- Neptune157 days♌︎ Leo 14°07′♌︎ Leo 11°18′
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: 17 Jan – 8 Feb; 18 May – 11 Jun; 14 Sept – 5 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 21 Jan – 12 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 15 Jul – 10 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 2 Apr – 22 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 18 Jul – 17 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 5 Nov 1428 – 11 Apr; 7 Nov – 13 Apr 1430
Pluto retrograde: 27 Sept 1428 – 9 Mar; 29 Sept – 10 Mar 1430
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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