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.
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 22°08′♉︎ Taurus 19°19′
- Uranus152 days♏︎ Scorpio 6°16′♏︎ Scorpio 2°11′
- Mars78 days♏︎ Scorpio 2°53′♎︎ Libra 15°04′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 23°55′♈︎ Aries 13°00′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 7°51′♐︎ Sagittarius 28°01′
- Pluto164 days♓︎ Pisces 7°10′♓︎ Pisces 4°58′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 0°43′♌︎ Leo 17°45′
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 8°37′♉︎ Taurus 1°42′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 24°23′♉︎ Taurus 21°34′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 18°51′♐︎ Sagittarius 2°34′
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: 20 Mar – 13 Apr; 23 Jul – 16 Aug; 13 Nov – 2 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 26 Feb – 15 May
Jupiter retrograde: 15 Apr – 15 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 11 Aug – 24 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 30 Jan – 1 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 15 Aug 1556 – 19 Jan; 18 Aug – 22 Jan 1558
Pluto retrograde: 28 May – 8 Nov
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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