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.
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 12°20′♌︎ Leo 2°18′
- Pluto157 days♏︎ Scorpio 7°18′♏︎ Scorpio 4°29′
- Mars79 days♎︎ Libra 15°22′♍︎ Virgo 26°46′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 22°20′♓︎ Pisces 8°50′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 1°49′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°02′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 1°54′♑︎ Capricorn 27°57′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 2°14′♒︎ Aquarius 25°31′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 27°10′♋︎ Cancer 16°35′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 20°13′♏︎ Scorpio 4°09′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 13°05′♍︎ Virgo 3°06′
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: 16 Feb – 11 Mar; 21 Jun – 15 Jul; 14 Oct – 3 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 7 Feb – 28 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 19 Nov 1492 – 19 Mar; 19 Dec – 20 Apr 1494
Saturn retrograde: 3 Jun – 20 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 27 Apr – 28 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 25 Mar – 1 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 30 Jan – 6 Jul
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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