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.
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 18°07′♌︎ Leo 8°04′
- Mars81 days♌︎ Leo 26°58′♌︎ Leo 7°29′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 22°17′♒︎ Aquarius 6°46′
- Saturn140 days♏︎ Scorpio 17°08′♏︎ Scorpio 10°28′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 8°12′♒︎ Aquarius 5°25′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 20°10′♊︎ Gemini 11°35′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 8°29′♓︎ Pisces 4°34′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 16°54′♈︎ Aries 14°52′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 21°14′♎︎ Libra 5°55′
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: 26 Jan – 17 Feb; 25 May – 18 Jun; 23 Sept – 14 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 27 Dec 1836 – 18 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Dec 1836 – 4 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 24 Feb – 14 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 12 Jun – 14 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 10 May – 17 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 17 Jul – 29 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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