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.
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 25°00′♉︎ Taurus 22°11′
- Pluto157 days♍︎ Virgo 23°38′♍︎ Virgo 20°55′
- Uranus151 days♎︎ Libra 24°34′♎︎ Libra 20°28′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 15°00′♈︎ Aries 3°06′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 6°08′♏︎ Scorpio 26°17′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 18°08′♐︎ Sagittarius 11°32′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 21°38′♌︎ Leo 9°30′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 27°15′♉︎ Taurus 24°25′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 11°17′♏︎ Scorpio 25°03′
- Pluto157 days♍︎ Virgo 25°56′♍︎ Virgo 23°13′
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 Mar – 13 Apr; 24 Jul – 17 Aug; 15 Nov – 5 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 22 Mar – 24 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 27 Mar – 16 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 28 Jan – 28 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 28 Aug 1721 – 1 Feb; 31 Aug – 3 Feb 1723
Pluto retrograde: 26 Dec 1721 – 1 Jun; 29 Dec – 3 Jun 1723
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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