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.
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 8°30′♊︎ Gemini 6°31′
- Mars80 days♌︎ Leo 17°23′♋︎ Cancer 28°02′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 1°33′♍︎ Virgo 27°24′
- Jupiter124 days♏︎ Scorpio 5°59′♎︎ Libra 26°05′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 5°47′♐︎ Sagittarius 3°01′
- Mercury24 days♈︎ Aries 24°44′♈︎ Aries 13°08′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°18′♑︎ Capricorn 6°42′
- Mercury24 days♍︎ Virgo 1°34′♌︎ Leo 19°10′
- Pluto165 days♊︎ Gemini 9°27′♊︎ Gemini 7°28′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 20°42′♐︎ Sagittarius 4°26′
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: 30 Mar – 23 Apr; 2 Aug – 26 Aug; 24 Nov – 13 Dec
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars retrograde: 18 Dec 2135 – 7 Mar
Jupiter retrograde: 20 Feb – 22 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 21 Apr – 10 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 6 Jan – 4 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 7 Mar – 14 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 8 Sept 2135 – 19 Feb; 8 Sept – 19 Feb 2137
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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