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♊︎ Gemini 28°28′♊︎ Gemini 24°23′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 5°51′♎︎ Libra 3°05′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 27°25′♏︎ Scorpio 17°33′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 18°55′♈︎ Aries 7°17′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°53′♐︎ Sagittarius 13°16′
- Pluto163 days♒︎ Aquarius 6°48′♒︎ Aquarius 4°24′
- Mars63 days♑︎ Capricorn 25°52′♑︎ Capricorn 14°41′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 25°40′♌︎ Leo 13°19′
- Uranus150 days♋︎ Cancer 2°54′♊︎ Gemini 28°49′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 14°53′♏︎ Scorpio 28°38′
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 Mar – 17 Apr; 27 Jul – 20 Aug; 18 Nov – 8 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 12 Jun – 14 Aug
Jupiter retrograde: 13 Mar – 14 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 28 Mar – 17 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 3 Oct 1780 – 2 Mar; 8 Oct – 6 Mar 1782
Neptune retrograde: 6 Jan – 13 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 7 May – 17 Oct
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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