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.
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 2°40′♌︎ Leo 13°09′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 21°15′♒︎ Aquarius 5°37′
- Pluto157 days♐︎ Sagittarius 0°36′♏︎ Scorpio 27°48′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 15°23′♐︎ Sagittarius 5°31′
- Neptune160 days♑︎ Capricorn 25°33′♑︎ Capricorn 22°46′
- Uranus154 days♒︎ Aquarius 0°28′♑︎ Capricorn 26°31′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 18°21′♊︎ Gemini 9°48′
- Saturn139 days♓︎ Pisces 24°45′♓︎ Pisces 17°59′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 20°11′♎︎ Libra 4°59′
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 Jan – 16 Feb; 24 May – 17 Jun; 22 Sept – 14 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 2 Jan – 24 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 1 Apr – 2 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 6 Jul – 21 Nov
Uranus retrograde: 5 May – 6 Oct
Neptune retrograde: 27 Apr – 5 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 4 Mar – 8 Aug
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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