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♋︎ Cancer 6°26′♋︎ Cancer 4°18′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 27°51′♑︎ Capricorn 11°45′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 18°22′♏︎ Scorpio 8°30′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 20°48′♉︎ Taurus 11°40′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 9°50′♒︎ Aquarius 7°03′
- Uranus153 days♓︎ Pisces 26°04′♓︎ Pisces 22°08′
- Saturn136 days♈︎ Aries 28°22′♈︎ Aries 21°29′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 25°58′♍︎ Virgo 11°36′
- Mars71 days♊︎ Gemini 0°04′♉︎ Taurus 13°54′
- Pluto163 days♋︎ Cancer 7°35′♋︎ Cancer 5°27′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 11°55′♐︎ Sagittarius 25°39′
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: 1 Jan – 21 Jan; 26 Apr – 19 May; 27 Aug – 19 Sept; 16 Dec – 5 Jan 1675
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 6 Oct – 17 Dec
Jupiter retrograde: 3 Mar – 5 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 9 Aug – 23 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 30 Jun – 1 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 11 May – 18 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 6 Oct 1673 – 17 Mar; 7 Oct – 19 Mar 1675
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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