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♋︎ Cancer 25°26′♋︎ Cancer 22°37′
- Saturn140 days♏︎ Scorpio 20°30′♏︎ Scorpio 13°50′
- Pluto158 days♐︎ Sagittarius 1°50′♏︎ Scorpio 29°03′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 3°10′♓︎ Pisces 20°13′
- Mars66 days♑︎ Capricorn 10°36′♐︎ Sagittarius 28°12′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 21°25′♒︎ Aquarius 17°29′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 8°52′♋︎ Cancer 27°43′
- Jupiter118 days♓︎ Pisces 28°34′♓︎ Pisces 18°39′
- Neptune157 days♋︎ Cancer 27°39′♋︎ Cancer 24°50′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 0°34′♏︎ Scorpio 14°26′
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 Mar – 1 Apr; 11 Jul – 4 Aug; 3 Nov – 23 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 25 May – 30 Jul
Jupiter retrograde: 18 Jul – 13 Nov
Saturn retrograde: 27 Feb – 17 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 26 May – 27 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 28 Oct 1748 – 2 Apr; 30 Oct – 5 Apr 1750
Pluto retrograde: 4 Mar – 9 Aug
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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