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.
- Mars77 days♋︎ Cancer 12°27′♊︎ Gemini 24°04′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 8°34′♍︎ Virgo 1°40′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 23°52′♒︎ Aquarius 8°19′
- Pluto160 days♑︎ Capricorn 1°08′♐︎ Sagittarius 28°29′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 22°22′♑︎ Capricorn 12°32′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 21°32′♊︎ Gemini 12°58′
- Neptune160 days♒︎ Aquarius 24°15′♒︎ Aquarius 21°28′
- Uranus154 days♓︎ Pisces 22°39′♓︎ Pisces 18°44′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 22°50′♎︎ Libra 7°33′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 21°46′♍︎ Virgo 14°54′
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: 28 Jan – 19 Feb; 26 May – 19 Jun; 24 Sept – 15 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 15 Nov 2007 – 30 Jan
Jupiter retrograde: 9 May – 8 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 19 Dec 2007 – 3 May; 31 Dec – 17 May 2009
Uranus retrograde: 27 Jun – 27 Nov
Neptune retrograde: 26 May – 2 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 2 Apr – 9 Sept
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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