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.
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 28°11′♉︎ Taurus 24°10′
- Pluto161 days♋︎ Cancer 18°41′♋︎ Cancer 16°26′
- Neptune157 days♍︎ Virgo 3°56′♍︎ Virgo 1°09′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 15°59′♈︎ Aries 4°32′
- Jupiter121 days♑︎ Capricorn 26°51′♑︎ Capricorn 17°01′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 22°44′♌︎ Leo 10°12′
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 5°25′♈︎ Aries 28°30′
- Uranus150 days♊︎ Gemini 2°27′♉︎ Taurus 28°25′
- Pluto161 days♋︎ Cancer 20°00′♋︎ Cancer 17°45′
- Mars77 days♋︎ Cancer 6°09′♊︎ Gemini 17°35′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 11°39′♏︎ Scorpio 25°23′
- Neptune158 days♍︎ Virgo 6°08′♍︎ Virgo 3°20′
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: 13 Mar – 6 Apr; 17 Jul – 9 Aug; 7 Nov – 26 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 31 Oct – 16 Jan 1440
Jupiter retrograde: 6 May – 4 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 9 Aug – 22 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 25 Aug 1438 – 23 Jan; 30 Aug – 27 Jan 1440
Neptune retrograde: 27 Nov 1438 – 4 May; 29 Nov – 5 May 1440
Pluto retrograde: 11 Oct 1438 – 21 Mar; 12 Oct – 22 Mar 1440
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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