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.
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 23°57′♈︎ Aries 21°57′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 29°26′♑︎ Capricorn 13°20′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 22°12′♉︎ Taurus 13°00′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 25°56′♒︎ Aquarius 23°09′
- Saturn140 days♒︎ Aquarius 18°58′♒︎ Aquarius 12°18′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 10°14′♈︎ Aries 6°18′
- Mars60 days♓︎ Pisces 0°28′♒︎ Aquarius 20°31′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 24°57′♈︎ Aries 22°57′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 27°31′♍︎ Virgo 13°13′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 10°50′♉︎ Taurus 0°50′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°31′♐︎ Sagittarius 27°14′
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: 3 Jan – 23 Jan; 27 Apr – 21 May; 29 Aug – 21 Sept; 18 Dec – 7 Jan 1846
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 19 Jul – 17 Sept
Jupiter retrograde: 30 Aug – 26 Dec
Saturn retrograde: 29 May – 16 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 15 Jul – 15 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 28 May – 4 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 24 Jul 1844 – 5 Jan; 25 Jul – 6 Jan 1846
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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