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.
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 14°04′♊︎ Gemini 12°04′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 12°35′♌︎ Leo 5°39′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 18°06′♒︎ Aquarius 2°32′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 23°42′♐︎ Sagittarius 20°56′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 0°48′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°49′
- Mars73 days♐︎ Sagittarius 2°48′♏︎ Scorpio 17°00′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 15°38′♊︎ Gemini 7°05′
- Jupiter120 days♒︎ Aquarius 17°14′♒︎ Aquarius 7°24′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 15°05′♊︎ Gemini 13°04′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 17°00′♎︎ Libra 1°44′
- Saturn135 days♌︎ Leo 26°17′♌︎ Leo 19°22′
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: 21 Jan – 12 Feb; 20 May – 13 Jun; 18 Sept – 9 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 11 Apr – 23 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 5 Jun – 3 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 22 Nov 1652 – 6 Apr; 6 Dec – 20 Apr 1654
Uranus retrograde: 4 Apr – 5 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 25 Mar – 1 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 13 Sept 1652 – 23 Feb; 14 Sept – 25 Feb 1654
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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