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.
- Neptune158 days♉︎ Taurus 3°37′♉︎ Taurus 0°48′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 3°25′♋︎ Cancer 29°17′
- Mars78 days♋︎ Cancer 21°45′♋︎ Cancer 3°01′
- Jupiter123 days♎︎ Libra 1°50′♍︎ Virgo 21°52′
- Saturn138 days♎︎ Libra 12°01′♎︎ Libra 5°14′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 8°37′♒︎ Aquarius 23°41′
- Pluto164 days♒︎ Aquarius 27°07′♒︎ Aquarius 24°49′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 9°32′♋︎ Cancer 0°31′
- Neptune157 days♉︎ Taurus 5°52′♉︎ Taurus 3°03′
- Mercury21 days♏︎ Scorpio 7°31′♎︎ Libra 21°51′
- Uranus149 days♌︎ Leo 8°04′♌︎ Leo 3°56′
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: 12 Feb – 5 Mar; 13 Jun – 7 Jul; 9 Oct – 30 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 23 Nov 2039 – 9 Feb
Jupiter retrograde: 16 Jan – 18 May
Saturn retrograde: 21 Jan – 6 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 8 Nov 2039 – 5 Apr; 12 Nov – 10 Apr 2041
Neptune retrograde: 6 Aug 2039 – 11 Jan; 8 Aug – 12 Jan 2041
Pluto retrograde: 27 May – 7 Nov
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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