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.
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 19°06′♋︎ Cancer 29°39′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 7°42′♑︎ Capricorn 21°46′
- Saturn138 days♎︎ Libra 16°09′♎︎ Libra 9°24′
- Uranus151 days♎︎ Libra 20°57′♎︎ Libra 16°50′
- Neptune160 days♏︎ Scorpio 28°08′♏︎ Scorpio 25°22′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 6°19′♏︎ Scorpio 26°27′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 2°21′♉︎ Taurus 23°36′
- Pluto164 days♓︎ Pisces 10°55′♓︎ Pisces 8°43′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 6°16′♍︎ Virgo 21°31′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 21°43′♑︎ Capricorn 5°30′
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: 12 Jan – 1 Feb; 8 May – 1 Jun; 7 Sept – 30 Sept; 27 Dec – 16 Jan 1806
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 20 Dec 1804 – 10 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 23 Mar – 24 Jul
Saturn retrograde: 25 Jan – 12 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 25 Jan – 25 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 28 Feb – 7 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 11 Jun – 22 Nov
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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