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.
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 8°44′♌︎ Leo 28°44′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 8°51′♎︎ Libra 6°03′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°31′♒︎ Aquarius 0°59′
- Saturn139 days♎︎ Libra 25°26′♎︎ Libra 18°44′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 7°45′♐︎ Sagittarius 4°59′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 15°35′♐︎ Sagittarius 11°34′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 14°17′♊︎ Gemini 5°42′
- Mars60 days♒︎ Aquarius 24°38′♒︎ Aquarius 14°40′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 15°24′♎︎ Libra 0°06′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 0°23′♑︎ Capricorn 14°24′
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: 11 Jan – 2 Feb; 10 May – 3 Jun; 8 Sept – 29 Sept; 26 Dec – 16 Jan 1483
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 4 Jul – 2 Sept
Jupiter retrograde: 15 Dec 1481 – 16 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 24 Jan – 13 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 11 Mar – 11 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 28 Feb – 8 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 1 Jan – 7 Jun
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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