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 29°05′♊︎ Gemini 22°08′
- Jupiter121 days♌︎ Leo 18°06′♌︎ Leo 8°03′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 28°27′♑︎ Capricorn 12°17′
- Pluto159 days♐︎ Sagittarius 19°57′♐︎ Sagittarius 17°14′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 20°33′♉︎ Taurus 11°07′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 13°11′♒︎ Aquarius 10°23′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 2°49′♒︎ Aquarius 28°53′
- Mars60 days♓︎ Pisces 10°08′♓︎ Pisces 0°07′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 26°19′♍︎ Virgo 12°12′
- Saturn134 days♋︎ Cancer 13°14′♋︎ Cancer 6°17′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°33′♐︎ Sagittarius 26°16′
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: 2 Jan – 23 Jan; 26 Apr – 20 May; 28 Aug – 20 Sept; 17 Dec – 6 Jan 2004
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 29 Jul – 27 Sept
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Dec 2002 – 4 Apr
Saturn retrograde: 11 Oct 2002 – 22 Feb; 25 Oct – 7 Mar 2004
Uranus retrograde: 7 Jun – 8 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 16 May – 23 Oct
Pluto retrograde: 23 Mar – 29 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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