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♋︎ Cancer 9°14′♋︎ Cancer 6°26′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 13°31′♎︎ Libra 3°36′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 1°39′♓︎ Pisces 18°48′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 23°48′♑︎ Capricorn 17°12′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 7°02′♒︎ Aquarius 3°06′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 1°38′♓︎ Pisces 29°34′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 7°26′♋︎ Cancer 26°12′
- Mars65 days♈︎ Aries 17°44′♈︎ Aries 5°02′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 11°28′♋︎ Cancer 8°39′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 28°57′♏︎ Scorpio 12°49′
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: 25 Feb – 21 Mar; 30 Jun – 24 Jul; 23 Oct – 12 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 21 Aug – 25 Oct
Jupiter retrograde: 18 Jan – 21 May
Saturn retrograde: 23 Apr – 11 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 2 May – 3 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 2 Oct 1577 – 8 Mar; 5 Oct – 10 Mar 1579
Pluto retrograde: 22 Jun – 4 Dec
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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