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.
- Uranus150 days♍︎ Virgo 14°19′♍︎ Virgo 10°10′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 16°19′♓︎ Pisces 2°19′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 24°37′♐︎ Sagittarius 18°01′
- Pluto164 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°34′♒︎ Aquarius 20°17′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 7°02′♑︎ Capricorn 27°12′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 20°06′♋︎ Cancer 10°04′
- Neptune157 days♈︎ Aries 29°38′♈︎ Aries 26°49′
- Mars62 days♈︎ Aries 0°57′♓︎ Pisces 19°32′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 14°35′♎︎ Libra 28°37′
- Uranus150 days♍︎ Virgo 19°05′♍︎ Virgo 14°56′
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: 10 Feb – 5 Mar; 14 Jun – 8 Jul; 8 Oct – 28 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 7 Aug – 8 Oct
Jupiter retrograde: 16 May – 13 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 24 Mar – 13 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 10 Dec 1545 – 8 May; 15 Dec – 13 May 1547
Neptune retrograde: 24 Jul – 28 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 14 May – 25 Oct
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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