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.
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 11°53′♋︎ Cancer 7°47′
- Neptune159 days♎︎ Libra 12°25′♎︎ Libra 9°38′
- Mercury22 days♒︎ Aquarius 28°04′♒︎ Aquarius 12°49′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 23°55′♑︎ Capricorn 17°18′
- Pluto163 days♒︎ Aquarius 11°35′♒︎ Aquarius 9°13′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 27°29′♊︎ Gemini 18°46′
- Jupiter119 days♓︎ Pisces 7°52′♒︎ Aquarius 28°00′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 27°01′♎︎ Libra 11°31′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 16°25′♋︎ Cancer 12°19′
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: 1 Feb – 23 Feb; 1 Jun – 25 Jun; 28 Sept – 19 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 26 Jun – 23 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 2 May – 20 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 18 Oct 1783 – 15 Mar; 21 Oct – 20 Mar 1785
Neptune retrograde: 13 Jan – 20 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 11 May – 22 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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