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.
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 1°51′♊︎ Gemini 27°46′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 8°09′♌︎ Leo 5°46′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 5°30′♒︎ Aquarius 20°41′
- Mars80 days♎︎ Libra 15°49′♍︎ Virgo 27°05′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 27°10′♏︎ Scorpio 17°18′
- Saturn140 days♒︎ Aquarius 20°19′♒︎ Aquarius 13°39′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 6°49′♊︎ Gemini 27°41′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 3°17′♈︎ Aries 0°28′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 4°18′♎︎ Libra 18°34′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 6°20′♋︎ Cancer 2°14′
- Pluto160 days♌︎ Leo 9°42′♌︎ Leo 7°18′
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: 8 Feb – 2 Mar; 10 Jun – 4 Jul; 6 Oct – 27 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 16 Feb – 7 May
Jupiter retrograde: 12 Mar – 14 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 30 May – 17 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 6 Oct 1697 – 5 Mar; 11 Oct – 10 Mar 1699
Neptune retrograde: 6 Jul – 11 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 8 Nov 1697 – 17 Apr; 10 Nov – 19 Apr 1699
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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