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.
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 9°36′♊︎ Gemini 6°47′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 22°50′♑︎ Capricorn 6°35′
- Uranus151 days♎︎ Libra 19°26′♎︎ Libra 15°18′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 13°43′♉︎ Taurus 3°47′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 11°49′♒︎ Aquarius 1°58′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 18°13′♓︎ Pisces 16°02′
- Saturn137 days♈︎ Aries 22°39′♈︎ Aries 15°49′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 20°07′♍︎ Virgo 6°24′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 11°50′♊︎ Gemini 9°01′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 6°58′♐︎ Sagittarius 20°39′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 14°28′♋︎ Cancer 25°09′
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: 27 Dec 2055 – 16 Jan; 18 Apr – 12 May; 21 Aug – 13 Sept; 10 Dec – 30 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 14 Dec – 4 Mar 2057
Jupiter retrograde: 29 May – 27 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 3 Aug – 17 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 23 Jan – 22 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 12 Sept 2055 – 16 Feb; 13 Sept – 17 Feb 2057
Pluto retrograde: 17 Jun – 29 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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