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.
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 1°24′♉︎ Taurus 29°25′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 15°29′♑︎ Capricorn 29°50′
- Uranus151 days♏︎ Scorpio 2°48′♎︎ Libra 28°42′
- Neptune160 days♏︎ Scorpio 25°21′♏︎ Scorpio 22°35′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 7°56′♐︎ Sagittarius 28°05′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 12°28′♊︎ Gemini 3°55′
- Saturn140 days♓︎ Pisces 0°26′♒︎ Aquarius 23°45′
- Mars60 days♓︎ Pisces 4°21′♒︎ Aquarius 24°18′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 2°21′♊︎ Gemini 0°22′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 14°21′♍︎ Virgo 29°10′
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 Jan – 10 Feb; 17 May – 10 Jun; 15 Sept – 7 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 22 Jul – 20 Sept
Jupiter retrograde: 24 Apr – 24 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 10 Jun – 27 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 6 Feb – 6 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 25 Feb – 3 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 31 Aug 1639 – 12 Feb; 31 Aug – 12 Feb 1641
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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