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.
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 23°53′♉︎ Taurus 16°58′
- Jupiter119 days♋︎ Cancer 11°07′♋︎ Cancer 1°03′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 19°40′♒︎ Aquarius 4°04′
- Mars80 days♎︎ Libra 13°22′♍︎ Virgo 24°28′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 9°37′♑︎ Capricorn 6°51′
- Uranus154 days♑︎ Capricorn 15°47′♑︎ Capricorn 11°49′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 16°59′♊︎ Gemini 8°26′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 3°11′♈︎ Aries 1°06′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 7°50′♊︎ Gemini 0°54′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 18°35′♎︎ Libra 3°22′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 13°37′♌︎ Leo 3°34′
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: 25 Jan – 15 Feb; 22 May – 15 Jun; 20 Sept – 11 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 15 Feb – 5 May
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Oct 1823 – 25 Feb; 29 Nov – 30 Mar 1825
Saturn retrograde: 6 Sept 1823 – 19 Jan; 19 Sept – 1 Feb 1825
Uranus retrograde: 20 Apr – 21 Sept
Neptune retrograde: 11 Apr – 18 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 3 Jul – 15 Dec
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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