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♒︎ Aquarius 1°02′♑︎ Capricorn 14°54′
- Jupiter122 days♍︎ Virgo 23°14′♍︎ Virgo 13°15′
- Saturn141 days♐︎ Sagittarius 16°24′♐︎ Sagittarius 9°46′
- Mars73 days♐︎ Sagittarius 8°54′♏︎ Scorpio 23°03′
- Pluto161 days♑︎ Capricorn 17°29′♑︎ Capricorn 14°55′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 23°36′♉︎ Taurus 14°20′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 12°02′♓︎ Pisces 9°14′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 24°30′♈︎ Aries 20°33′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 29°04′♍︎ Virgo 14°49′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 15°07′♐︎ Sagittarius 28°50′
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: 5 Jan – 25 Jan; 28 Apr – 22 May; 30 Aug – 22 Sept; 19 Dec – 8 Jan 2017
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 17 Apr – 29 Jun
Jupiter retrograde: 8 Jan – 9 May
Saturn retrograde: 25 Mar – 13 Aug
Uranus retrograde: 29 Jul – 29 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 13 Jun – 20 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 18 Apr – 26 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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