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.
- Neptune156 days♊︎ Gemini 21°21′♊︎ Gemini 18°31′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 13°56′♌︎ Leo 24°31′
- Saturn139 days♎︎ Libra 21°58′♎︎ Libra 15°14′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 26°50′♈︎ Aries 16°09′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 3°54′♐︎ Sagittarius 29°56′
- Jupiter120 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°54′♒︎ Aquarius 7°03′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 22°45′♓︎ Pisces 20°37′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 3°35′♌︎ Leo 20°26′
- Neptune156 days♊︎ Gemini 23°35′♊︎ Gemini 20°46′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 21°24′♐︎ Sagittarius 5°07′
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: 23 Mar – 16 Apr; 26 Jul – 19 Aug; 16 Nov – 5 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 4 Jan – 26 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 26 May – 23 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 20 Jan – 8 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 29 Mar – 30 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 14 Sept 1569 – 17 Feb; 17 Sept – 20 Feb 1571
Pluto retrograde: 13 Jun – 25 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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