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.
- Pluto159 days♌︎ Leo 22°52′♌︎ Leo 20°20′
- Uranus150 days♍︎ Virgo 8°26′♍︎ Virgo 4°17′
- Neptune159 days♎︎ Libra 22°02′♎︎ Libra 19°16′
- Mars80 days♎︎ Libra 7°05′♍︎ Virgo 18°12′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 7°10′♒︎ Aquarius 22°40′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 0°40′♏︎ Scorpio 20°49′
- Saturn141 days♒︎ Aquarius 1°57′♑︎ Capricorn 25°19′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 9°31′♋︎ Cancer 0°04′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 5°46′♎︎ Libra 19°56′
- Pluto159 days♌︎ Leo 24°43′♌︎ Leo 22°10′
- Uranus150 days♍︎ Virgo 13°12′♍︎ Virgo 9°03′
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: 1 Feb – 24 Feb; 4 Jun – 28 Jun; 29 Sept – 20 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 30 Jan – 20 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 8 Mar – 9 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 2 May – 20 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 4 Dec 1460 – 3 May; 9 Dec – 8 May 1462
Neptune retrograde: 13 Jan – 21 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 15 Nov 1460 – 23 Apr; 17 Nov – 25 Apr 1462
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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