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.
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 15°42′♊︎ Gemini 13°42′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 24°47′♊︎ Gemini 21°58′
- Mars79 days♌︎ Leo 8°40′♋︎ Cancer 19°25′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 7°55′♐︎ Sagittarius 21°37′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 10°12′♏︎ Scorpio 0°18′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 8°01′♐︎ Sagittarius 3°59′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 26°51′♈︎ Aries 15°44′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 23°40′♐︎ Sagittarius 17°04′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 3°43′♌︎ Leo 20°54′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 16°42′♊︎ Gemini 14°41′
- Neptune156 days♊︎ Gemini 27°01′♊︎ Gemini 24°12′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 22°06′♐︎ Sagittarius 5°49′
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 Dec 1898 – 1 Jan; 2 Apr – 25 Apr; 5 Aug – 29 Aug; 26 Nov – 16 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 9 Dec 1898 – 27 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 24 Feb – 27 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 2 Apr – 21 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 13 Mar – 12 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 27 Sept 1898 – 3 Mar; 30 Sept – 5 Mar 1900
Pluto retrograde: 15 Sept 1898 – 26 Feb; 16 Sept – 27 Feb 1900
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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