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.
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 10°34′♋︎ Cancer 6°29′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 5°22′♋︎ Cancer 28°25′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 12°56′♑︎ Capricorn 27°01′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 7°59′♉︎ Taurus 29°18′
- Pluto164 days♒︎ Aquarius 19°49′♒︎ Aquarius 17°28′
- Neptune158 days♈︎ Aries 24°37′♈︎ Aries 21°48′
- Mars61 days♓︎ Pisces 28°26′♓︎ Pisces 17°45′
- Jupiter118 days♉︎ Taurus 20°43′♉︎ Taurus 10°42′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 11°37′♍︎ Virgo 26°47′
- Uranus149 days♋︎ Cancer 15°04′♋︎ Cancer 10°59′
- Saturn134 days♌︎ Leo 19°14′♌︎ Leo 12°19′
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: 17 Jan – 7 Feb; 13 May – 6 Jun; 13 Sept – 5 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 15 Aug – 15 Oct
Jupiter retrograde: 9 Sept – 5 Jan 2036
Saturn retrograde: 16 Nov 2034 – 30 Mar; 30 Nov – 12 Apr 2036
Uranus retrograde: 16 Oct 2034 – 14 Mar; 21 Oct – 18 Mar 2036
Neptune retrograde: 28 Jul – 2 Jan 2036
Pluto retrograde: 20 May – 31 Oct
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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