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.
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 4°17′♋︎ Cancer 1°28′
- Saturn136 days♍︎ Virgo 10°57′♍︎ Virgo 4°04′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 27°33′♒︎ Aquarius 12°05′
- Uranus153 days♐︎ Sagittarius 10°15′♐︎ Sagittarius 6°13′
- Jupiter122 days♑︎ Capricorn 12°46′♑︎ Capricorn 2°55′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 25°52′♊︎ Gemini 17°16′
- Pluto165 days♈︎ Aries 1°09′♓︎ Pisces 29°03′
- Mars63 days♈︎ Aries 16°06′♈︎ Aries 4°16′
- Mercury21 days♎︎ Libra 26°32′♎︎ Libra 11°10′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 6°31′♋︎ Cancer 3°42′
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: 31 Jan – 22 Feb; 31 May – 24 Jun; 28 Sept – 19 Oct
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 31 Aug – 2 Nov
Jupiter retrograde: 29 Apr – 29 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 21 Dec 2066 – 5 May
Uranus retrograde: 15 Mar – 14 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 7 Oct 2066 – 12 Mar; 9 Oct – 13 Mar 2068
Pluto retrograde: 1 Jul – 13 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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