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.
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 19°34′♉︎ Taurus 12°41′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 16°20′♊︎ Gemini 13°31′
- Mars81 days♍︎ Virgo 18°09′♌︎ Leo 28°41′
- Uranus151 days♏︎ Scorpio 3°35′♎︎ Libra 29°27′
- Mercury22 days♓︎ Pisces 20°55′♓︎ Pisces 6°42′
- Pluto165 days♓︎ Pisces 21°52′♓︎ Pisces 19°42′
- Mercury24 days♋︎ Cancer 24°15′♋︎ Cancer 14°28′
- Saturn134 days♊︎ Gemini 3°25′♉︎ Taurus 26°29′
- Jupiter118 days♊︎ Gemini 0°50′♉︎ Taurus 20°49′
- Neptune157 days♊︎ Gemini 18°35′♊︎ Gemini 15°46′
- Mercury20 days♏︎ Scorpio 19°26′♏︎ Scorpio 3°31′
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: 24 Feb – 19 Mar; 27 Jun – 22 Jul; 22 Oct – 12 Nov
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 18 Jan – 9 Apr
Jupiter retrograde: 19 Sept – 15 Jan 2060
Saturn retrograde: 31 Aug 2058 – 13 Jan; 15 Sept – 27 Jan 2060
Uranus retrograde: 6 Feb – 7 Jul
Neptune retrograde: 18 Sept 2058 – 22 Feb; 21 Sept – 24 Feb 2060
Pluto retrograde: 21 Jun – 3 Dec
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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