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.
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 16°39′♑︎ Capricorn 0°22′
- Pluto156 days♏︎ Scorpio 2°08′♎︎ Libra 29°18′
- Saturn140 days♏︎ Scorpio 16°23′♏︎ Scorpio 9°42′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 13°33′♐︎ Sagittarius 9°31′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 1°25′♐︎ Sagittarius 28°39′
- Mars75 days♏︎ Scorpio 28°20′♏︎ Scorpio 11°41′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 6°41′♈︎ Aries 26°18′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°57′♑︎ Capricorn 3°07′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 13°23′♍︎ Virgo 0°01′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 0°48′♐︎ Sagittarius 14°30′
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: 22 Dec 1983 – 11 Jan; 11 Apr – 5 May; 14 Aug – 7 Sept; 4 Dec – 24 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 5 Apr – 19 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Apr – 29 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 24 Feb – 13 Jul
Uranus retrograde: 18 Mar – 18 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 2 Apr – 9 Sept
Pluto retrograde: 4 Feb – 9 Jul
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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