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.
- Pluto163 days♊︎ Gemini 25°23′♊︎ Gemini 23°19′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 4°05′♌︎ Leo 14°35′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 23°51′♓︎ Pisces 10°17′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 27°47′♐︎ Sagittarius 21°12′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°47′♑︎ Capricorn 15°01′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°41′♑︎ Capricorn 7°51′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°13′♒︎ Aquarius 12°18′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 28°34′♋︎ Cancer 18°04′
- Pluto163 days♊︎ Gemini 26°27′♊︎ Gemini 24°23′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 21°49′♏︎ Scorpio 5°47′
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: 27 Feb – 21 Mar; 1 Jul – 25 Jul; 24 Oct – 13 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 4 Jan – 25 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 4 May – 3 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 5 Apr – 25 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 20 May – 21 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 18 Apr – 26 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 25 Sept 1663 – 6 Mar; 25 Sept – 8 Mar 1665
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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