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.
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 20°35′♊︎ Gemini 13°37′
- Pluto157 days♎︎ Libra 4°25′♎︎ Libra 1°40′
- Uranus151 days♎︎ Libra 23°03′♎︎ Libra 18°56′
- Mercury23 days♓︎ Pisces 28°35′♓︎ Pisces 15°00′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 7°26′♐︎ Sagittarius 4°40′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°07′♒︎ Aquarius 2°17′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 3°20′♋︎ Cancer 22°51′
- Mars67 days♉︎ Taurus 9°16′♈︎ Aries 25°18′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 4°45′♊︎ Gemini 27°46′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 26°36′♏︎ Scorpio 10°33′
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: 4 Mar – 27 Mar; 6 Jul – 30 Jul; 30 Oct – 19 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 19 Sept – 26 Nov
Jupiter retrograde: 30 May – 28 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 2 Oct 1972 – 13 Feb; 17 Oct – 27 Feb 1974
Uranus retrograde: 27 Jan – 26 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 9 Mar – 16 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 6 Jan – 11 Jun
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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