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.
- Neptune156 days♊︎ Gemini 12°59′♊︎ Gemini 10°10′
- Jupiter120 days♌︎ Leo 8°49′♋︎ Cancer 28°46′
- Pluto156 days♎︎ Libra 12°55′♎︎ Libra 10°07′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 20°33′♓︎ Pisces 6°39′
- Mars79 days♎︎ Libra 24°14′♎︎ Libra 5°49′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 1°21′♏︎ Scorpio 27°18′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 24°36′♋︎ Cancer 14°28′
- Saturn138 days♓︎ Pisces 21°19′♓︎ Pisces 14°33′
- Neptune156 days♊︎ Gemini 15°14′♊︎ Gemini 12°25′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 18°47′♏︎ Scorpio 2°48′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 9°49′♌︎ Leo 29°49′
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: 24 Feb – 19 Mar; 28 Jun – 22 Jul; 22 Oct – 11 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 26 Feb – 16 May
Jupiter retrograde: 25 Nov 1729 – 25 Mar; 25 Dec – 26 Apr 1731
Saturn retrograde: 2 Jul – 18 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 6 Mar – 6 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 15 Sept 1729 – 19 Feb; 18 Sept – 21 Feb 1731
Pluto retrograde: 15 Jan – 20 Jun
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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