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 17°41′♊︎ Gemini 15°41′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 29°15′♊︎ Gemini 26°26′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 12°32′♌︎ Leo 23°03′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 22°05′♓︎ Pisces 8°07′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 16°54′♐︎ Sagittarius 12°52′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°23′♑︎ Capricorn 9°47′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°03′♑︎ Capricorn 3°13′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 25°59′♋︎ Cancer 15°56′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 18°41′♊︎ Gemini 16°40′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 1°29′♊︎ Gemini 28°40′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 20°24′♏︎ Scorpio 4°26′
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 Feb – 21 Mar; 30 Jun – 24 Jul; 24 Oct – 13 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 13 Jan – 4 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 30 Apr – 30 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 26 Apr – 14 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 22 Mar – 22 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 2 Oct 1900 – 8 Mar; 5 Oct – 10 Mar 1902
Pluto retrograde: 17 Sept 1900 – 28 Feb; 19 Sept – 2 Mar 1902
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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